Accident Supermarine Spitfire Mk XVI TB737,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48926
 
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Date:Saturday 31 March 1945
Time:06:35 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic SPIT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Supermarine Spitfire Mk XVI
Owner/operator:403 (Wolf) Sqn RCAF
Registration: TB737
MSN: KH-?
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Oberhausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:B.78 Eindhoven (NL)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
The aircraft failed to return from an armed recce operation. F/Lt. E.G. Aitchison did not survive and rests at Nederweert cemetery in Limburg, the Netherlands.

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5464&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
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History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
28 March 1945 SM302 403 (Wolf) Sqn RCAF 1 near Haltern am See, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
24-Mar-2020 09:50 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
26-Dec-2020 18:05 Dr.Roup Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]

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