Accident Supermarine Spitfire Mk IIA P7693,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53241
 
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Date:Tuesday 12 August 1941
Time:
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: P7693
MSN: QV-?
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Westerschelde estuary near Breskens, Zeeland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Failed to return from a Circus operation.
P/O. J.L. Calvert 101476 RAF / Runnymede Memorial

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1179&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
28 August 1941 P7995 19 Sqn RAF 1 North Sea 20 km off Dutch coast mis
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 06:19 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type]
02-Jan-2012 01:36 Nepa Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative]
18-Aug-2021 18:13 TigerTimon Updated [Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]

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