Incident Supermarine Spitfire Mk XVI SM233,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49007
 
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Date:Sunday 18 March 1945
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic SPIT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Supermarine Spitfire Mk XVI
Owner/operator:453 Sqn RAAF
Registration: SM233
MSN: FU-P
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:south of Gouda, Zuid-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Matlaske, Norfolk
Destination airport:
Narrative:
F/O. E.W. Tonkin evaded capture, after crash landing in a flooded field.

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5393&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
13-Mar-2020 18:42 TigerTimon Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
13-Mar-2020 18:42 TigerTimon Updated [Time]
18-Jun-2022 03:26 Ron Averes Updated [Location, Narrative]

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