ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52760
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| Date: | Friday 26 June 1942 |
| Time: | 01:15 |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk IIC |
| Owner/operator: | 1 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HL589 |
| MSN: | JX: |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Oosterschelde, near the Zijpe distributary; Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Tangmere, West Sussex |
Operation - intruder / target: Gilze-Rijen airfield
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Herbert Bönsch of the Stab III./NJG 2, who was flying a Ju 88 C-6 from Fliegerhorst Gilze-Rijen.
The RCAF pilot is missing in action and is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. Parts of wreckage were recovered from the water by the Germans.
W/O (R/69649) Gerald SCOTT (pilot) RCAF - killed
Sources:
1. http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1634
2. http://databankzeelandwo2.nl/index.php/databanken/zeeland/militairen-per-gemeente?option=com_hbd_data&RecordID=630&Welke_database=HBDVliegtuigen
3. http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/12800.php
4. Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
5. Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Jan-2012 08:02 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total occupants, Phase] |
| 12-Jan-2015 03:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Jun-2017 17:49 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Aug-2017 08:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 21-Jan-2018 20:51 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Narrative] |
| 26-Jan-2018 17:16 | Red Dragon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 13-Feb-2018 15:57 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 02-May-2020 18:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-May-2020 18:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
| 17-Jun-2022 10:47 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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