ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 158411
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| Date: | Thursday 23 March 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk XI |
| Owner/operator: | 681 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PA853 |
| MSN: | 5224 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Dum Dum, Calcutta, West Bengal, Brit.India -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dum Dum, Calcutta, India |
PA853: Spitfire PR.XI c/n 5224 (Merlin 63 engine). First Flown 23-12-43. Delivered to RAF Benson 27-12-43 for packing and shipping overseas. To No.1 OADU (Overseas Aircraft Dispatch Unit) 10-2-44. Received by ACSEA (Air Command South East Asia) 21-2-44. Issued to 681 Squadron, RAF at Dum Dum, Calcutta, in February 1944.
Written off on operations 23-3-44: failed to return from operational sortie after taking off from RAF Dum Dum, Calcutta, India. 681 Squadron ORB does not list objective of sortie.
Crew:
F/O (J/21019) Everett CROSS (pilot) RCAF- missing /Killed in action.
Pilot was an American citizen - he was the Son of Orris Everett Cross and Neva M. Cross, of Athens, Ohio, U.S.A., and had joined the RCAF (Royal Canadian Air Force)
Sources:
1. Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p084.html
3. http://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/PA853
4. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=PA853
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1814315/CROSS,%20VANCE%20EVERETT
6. http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/681_wwII.html
Images:
This is the pilot Vance Everette Cross. He was my grandmother's brother. I found the picture on Ancestory.com
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Aug-2013 03:04 | JINX | Added |
| 27-Mar-2015 21:07 | Juan P.Paco | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 30-Apr-2018 21:41 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Sep-2018 09:44 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 22-May-2021 08:33 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 27-May-2021 17:25 | astroprincipal | Updated [Country, Photo] |
| 23-Sep-2022 17:41 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Operator] |
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