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Date: | Wednesday 12 April 1944 |
Time: | 00:50 |
Type: | Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb |
Owner/operator: | 64 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | BL581 |
MSN: | “Moesi-llir” |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near RAF Coltishall, Norfolk, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF ???? |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Spitfire BL581: The aircraft following an attack by intruder pilot Hauptmann Dietrich Puttfarken of the 5./KG 51, who was flying an Me 410 A-1/U2.
Crew:
F/Sgt G.R. Maunders (pilot) RAFVR?? - bailed out
Sources:
1.Spitfire production list
2.Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
3.http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BL581
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
30-Mar-2020 12:42 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
18-Mar-2022 18:50 |
Nepa |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |