ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 192688
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| Date: | Tuesday 9 January 1945 |
| Time: | 15:35 |
| Type: |  North American P-51 Mustang III |
| Owner/operator: | 3 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | KH615 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Alfonsine -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
On 9 January 1945 at 1535 hrs Flight Lieutenant Hodgkinson of 3 Sqn RAAF in Mustang IVA KH679 led a formation of ten to attack a road bridge at Alfonsine at M 448478 over a river near Mestre. They arrived over the target at 8,000 feet and bombed along the line of the bridge in a south-east direction down to 1,500 feet. The bridge received two direct hits which demolished all of the southern span and most of the centre span. Flying Officer Vincent Maxwell Thomas in North American Mustang III KH615 went into a spin at 1,500 feet after bombing, his aircraft crashed into a minefield and burst into flames at M 470479; he may have been hit by flak. After the German surrender in May 1945 Padre Fred McKay searched for, found and identified Vincent Thomas and conducted a proper burial service.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20120207072413/http://www.3squadron.org.au/subpages/roll.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonsine
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Jan-2017 13:52 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
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