ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239999
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| Date: | Sunday 12 April 1942 |
| Time: | 13:40 claim |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb |
| Owner/operator: | 313 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AD384 |
| MSN: | RY-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 6 km north of Cassel, département du Nord -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hornchurch, Essex |
Takeoff at 12:49 hrs for Circus 122 - railway installations at Hazebrouck, département du Nord. Fighter escort for the Boston aircraft.
The aircraft was shot up by Oberleutnant Rolf-Günther Hermichen of the 7./JG 26 based at Wevelghem (Belgium), flying a Focke-Wulf Fw 190A.
Sergeant Otakar Kresta (Czech pilot) RAFVR : POW - 24 years old
Sources:
AIR81/13279
https://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=5773
LW Claims by Michael Balss
Google Maps
https://www.luftwaffe.cz/hermichen.html
https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Jagdgeschwader/JG26.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Aug-2020 14:53 | Nepa | Added [Operator] |
| 08-Apr-2022 07:39 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Apr-2022 07:42 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Apr-2022 07:43 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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