Accident Supermarine Spitfire Mk IIA P7995,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53188
 
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Date:Thursday 28 August 1941
Time:evening
Type:Silhouette image of generic SPIT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Supermarine Spitfire Mk IIA
Owner/operator:19 Sqn RAF
Registration: P7995
MSN: QV-?
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Aircraft missing
Location:North Sea 20 km off Dutch coast -   Netherlands
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Matlaske (takeoff at 1800 hrs)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
P7995 - Missing escorting Blenheims to Rotterdam. 28.8.1941

S/Ldr (43419) Walter John LAWSON (DFC) RAF - missing in action / Runnymede Memorial panel 28

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1229A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
12 August 1941 P7693 19 Sqn RAF 1 Westerschelde estuary near Breskens, Zeeland w/o
29 August 1941 P8668 19 Sqn RAF 1 North Sea off Zuid-Holland w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
30-Dec-2011 06:24 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type]
16-Jan-2012 12:53 Nepa Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative]
12-Aug-2013 04:24 JINX Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative]
02-Mar-2015 18:56 Erectus Updated [Operator, Narrative]
20-Mar-2020 16:43 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
22-Jun-2022 07:57 Ron Averes Updated [Location, Damage]

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