ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 160633
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| Date: | Monday 27 November 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk XI |
| Owner/operator: | 542 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PL906 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | ? - |
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Benson |
| München |
Missing on mission to Munich.
F/L Geoffrey Robert Crakanthorp DFC 67057 RAFVR (Pilot) PoW
"Crakanthorp's luck ran out on Monday, 27 November 1944, when he was shot down by Feldwebel Horst [sic., Helmut] Lennartz of III./JG 7 flying a Me 262 near Stuttgart. He had made repeated runs over Munich on this, his 138th sortie, in Spitfire PR XI PL906, and was returning to England when bounced from behind and below. Crakanthorp baled out and was taken prisoner. He survived the war."
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Ransom, Stephen and Hans-Hermann Cammann. (2010). Jagdgeschwader 400: Germany’s Elite Rocket Fighters. Osprey Publishing. ISBN: 1846039754, page 23.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Sep-2013 02:24 | JINX | Added |
| 28-Mar-2015 07:58 | yarbi | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 27-Nov-2017 09:04 | Anthony Whitworth | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
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