ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52871
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| Date: | Sunday 31 May 1942 |
| Time: | 15:51 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb |
| Owner/operator: | 222 (Natal) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AD121 |
| MSN: | ZD-Y |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | dunes between Domburg - Westkapelle, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Manston, Kent |
Operation - Roadstead - fighter operation mounted against shipping.
The aircraft was critically damaged by Flak of 4./Marine-Artillerie-Abteilung 202 (Batterie Westkapelle) and was emergency-landed in the dunes between Domburg - Westkapelle.
P/O (104.420) Wentworth H C Beaumont (pilot) RAFVR - POW
Sources:
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T1533
RAF Prisoners of War
Fighter Command Losses 1942
http://www.associations.rafinfo.org.uk/code_names.htm
https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/MarineArtAbt/MarineArtAbt202.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Jan-2012 09:20 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Total occupants, Location] |
| 19-Jan-2012 02:35 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 19-Jan-2012 02:35 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative] |
| 08-Nov-2012 15:33 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 08-Nov-2012 15:34 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 30-May-2017 09:46 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Jan-2018 18:54 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Feb-2018 16:53 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 20-Apr-2020 18:08 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-May-2022 09:21 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Jun-2022 09:04 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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