ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52615
Last updated: 25 May 2013
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| Date: | 14-AUG-1942 |
| Time: | 12:39 |
| Type: |  North American P-51 Mustang I |
| Operator: | 239 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AG524 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Wissenkerke, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hatfield, Hertfordshire |
Pilot. P/O Raymond Aubrey Pullin. P-51 Mk.I (AG524/code HB-B) of No.239 Squadron took of at 10.45 hours on a Rhubarb sortie over the Netherlands. ("Rhubarb" = low altitude attacks on enemy targets in occupied territory)
AG524 was one of two P-51 Mustangs from No.239 Squadron RAF, (Army Cooperation Command) dispatched during the morning of 14 August 1942 on a Rhubarb sortie near Blankenberge-Bruges.
Both aircraft drew flak from the nearby Flushing Kriegsmarineflak battery and came under heavy fire, after which the first aircraft (AG524) was shot down near Kamperland, and the second between Zeebrugge and Ostend, which crashed into the sea.
Aircraft damaged by flak but P/O Pullin was able to a forced landing and taken POW
He was sent to Stalag Luft III Sagan.
Sources:
http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1942%20sec_tcm5-7283.pdf
http://www.wingstovictory.nl/database/database_detail.php?wtv_id=182
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?1006-239-Squadron-Mustangs-14-August-1942
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 25-Mar-2010 22:02 | motherbird | Updated [Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Sep-2011 16:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total occupants, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Sep-2011 16:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2011 05:46 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 17-Jan-2012 03:00 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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