Incident Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IX EN554,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50162
 
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Date:Sunday 10 September 1944
Time:17:50 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic SPIT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IX
Owner/operator:308 (City of Krakow) Sqn RAF
Registration: EN554
MSN: ZF-
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:west of Terneuzen, Zeeland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Fresnoy Folny (B.31), France
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Attacked barges in Terneuzen harbour and shot down by flak
Crew:
Pilot Flt Lt M Kotlarz Polish Air Force
PoW Info?

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3999A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
RAF Fighter Command Losses of the Second World War

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
20 March 1945 TB734 308 (Krakowski) Sqn RAF 0 near Amersfoort, Utrecht w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
28-Mar-2017 07:55 Anon. Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
13-Feb-2018 16:51 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport, Narrative]
31-Aug-2019 19:09 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source]

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