ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 158412
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| Date: | Sunday 2 July 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk XI |
| Owner/operator: | 681 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PA848 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Missing, Bay of Bengal -
 Indian Ocean
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Alipore |
| RAF Cox's Bazar |
Missing on PR mission to Namsang, Burma, presumed ditched.
Spitfire PA848 was flying from its base at RAF Alipore, south of Calcutta, to Cox's Bazar airport in
East Bengal (today Bangladesh) in order to top up its fuel tanks before continuing on with its PR sortie to Namchang.
This was the usual procedure for PR Spitfires operating from Alipore into Burma.
The Spitfire never arrived at Cox's Bazar.
The direct route from Alipore to Cox's Bazar runs across the northern part of the Bay of Bengal and it is thought that the Spitfire crashed or ditched in the sea.
W/O (Aus412908) William John Cooper RAAF - killed.
R.I.P.
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
RAF Casualties-1944
https://www.scribd.com/doc/156944140/Eyes-for-the-Phoenix
cwgc
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Aug-2013 03:04 | JINX | Added |
| 24-Aug-2013 06:24 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 06-Jan-2014 23:10 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Jan-2014 23:24 | angels one five | Updated [Destination airport] |
| 09-Jun-2015 06:19 | Angel dick one | Updated [Operator, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 24-May-2018 07:07 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Jun-2022 05:35 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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