ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 90984
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| Date: | Sunday 21 September 1941 |
| Time: | 16:52 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb |
| Owner/operator: | 485 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AB856 |
| MSN: | CBAF.... |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | English Channel, Dover Straits, off Dover, Kent, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kenley, Surrey |
On 21st September 1941 485 (NZ)Squadron was flying as part of a "Circus" operation covering a number of Bristol Blenheim bombers on a raid to Gosnay. The Spitfires met Me109’s and a combat developed over Bruges and moved over the Channel towards Dover. P/O J. F. Knight (pilot) RNZAF was shot down, in Spitfire Vb AB856 and crash landed near Montreuil, France. (Photos confirm this)
L3 - Sagan & Belaria PoW Number 3808.
He was shot down by German Luftwaffe fighter ace Erich Rudorffer: one of three Spitfire "kills" that he was credited with that day.
Sources:
http://www.luftwaffe.cz/rudorffer.html
http://www.spitfires.ukf.net/p019.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._485_Squadron_RAF#Spitfire_Vb
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Apr-2013 00:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Mar-2014 14:42 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 10-Jun-2014 20:46 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 06-Jun-2015 15:31 | Shuntt | Updated [Time, Operator, Narrative] |
| 23-Jan-2017 18:33 | Red Dragon | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 15-Jul-2021 17:29 | Simo94 | Updated [Country, Narrative] |
| 15-Jul-2021 17:29 | harro | Updated [Country] |
| 05-Jul-2023 15:36 | Nepa | Updated [[Country]] |
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