ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52958
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| Date: | Sunday 15 March 1942 |
| Time: | 14:02 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk Vc |
| Owner/operator: | 1401 Met Flt RAF |
| Registration: | X4503 |
| MSN: | 1644 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Lopikerkapel, Utrecht -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bircham Newton, Norfolk |
On 15 March 1942 Wing Commander Jock Forbes of 1401 Flt RAF took off from England for a special meteorological observation mission to Düsseldorf but his Spitfire V X4503 was shot down at 1402 hrs by Fw Heinz-Helmut Baudach of 1./JG 2, who claimed it as his 5th victory, and crashed onto land belonging to Mr Sonnevelt, 1 km west of Lopikerkapel, Netherlands. The pilot was killed and is buried at Oud Leusden.
Sources:
http://www.rafcommands.com/cgi-bin/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?forum=DCForumID6&mark=14590&az=next_topic&archive=yes
http://www.rcl-europe.org/Benschop/Benschop_2004.html
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1440
http://www.luftwaffe.cz/baudach.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lopikerkapel
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Jagdgeschwader/Inhalt.htm
https://www.asisbiz.com/Luftwaffe/jg2.html
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Dec-2011 07:16 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 17-Jan-2012 01:43 | angels one five | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Jan-2012 05:11 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Departure airport] |
| 13-Nov-2012 11:42 | angels one five | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Nov-2012 05:22 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source] |
| 13-Sep-2013 08:13 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location] |
| 24-May-2015 20:05 | Ing Edcker | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 14-Mar-2017 11:57 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Aug-2018 19:33 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 25-Nov-2018 18:09 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 07-Feb-2020 14:03 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 14-Apr-2020 10:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Apr-2020 10:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
| 14-Apr-2020 10:06 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 14-Apr-2020 10:11 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 17-Apr-2020 16:35 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Mar-2022 15:35 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 17-Jun-2022 04:14 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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