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| Date: | Monday 1 January 1945 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | 414 (City of Sarnia) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MK290 |
| MSN: | -U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | B.78 Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Eindhoven AB |
Damaged beyond repair during German air raid while parked ("Unternehmen Bodenplatte").
The Luftwaffe fighters belonged to Jagdgeschwader 3.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4911&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft MA100 - MZ999, published 1991
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Nov-2009 11:05 | NePa | Updated |
| 26-Jan-2013 14:34 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, ] |
| 14-Apr-2013 10:12 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 10-May-2013 17:05 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 04-Jun-2015 16:03 | Angel dick one | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 18-Oct-2018 15:21 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 13-Nov-2019 19:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Jun-2022 04:51 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 16-Jun-2022 04:58 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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