ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53554
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| Date: | Saturday 25 April 1942 |
| Time: | 16:40 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb |
| Owner/operator: | 124 (Baroda) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W3332 |
| MSN: | ON-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | English Channel 5 miles NW of Berck, Pas-de-Calais département -
 France
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Biggin Hill |
Lost on Circus 137.
Circus – daytime bomber attacks with fighter escorts against short range targets, to occupy enemy fighters and keep them in the area concerned.
The Czech pilot did not survive and washed up in the Netherlands on the 19th of June and was laid to rest in Den Burg cemetery on Texel island:
F/Lt. S. Bachurek 82536 RAF / grave K 6 122
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1494A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 April 1942 | 124 (Baroda) Sqn RAF | 1 | English Channel north of Dunkerque, département du Nord | |
w/o | |
| 19 November 1942 | BR569 | 124 (Baroda) Sqn RAF | 0 | Westerschelde between Vlissingen and Breskens, Zeeland |  |
w/o |
| 25 March 1945 | RK860 | 124 (Baroda) Sqn RAF | 1 | Kortrijk hamlet, Breukelen, Utrecht | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 31-Dec-2011 01:45 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 19-Jan-2012 02:06 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 24-Apr-2017 11:46 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Apr-2017 11:46 | TigerTimon | Updated [Damage] |
| 13-Feb-2018 21:11 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 13-Feb-2018 21:13 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport] |
| 18-Apr-2020 14:46 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
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