ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51497
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| Date: | Friday 6 August 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk VB |
| Owner/operator: | 611 (West Lancashire) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AR336 |
| MSN: | FY- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 7,5 km west of Den Helder, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coltishall, Norfolk |
The aircraft was on a Shipping Recce mission to the Coast of Holland. It was shot down by Flak. The pilot baled out.
Pilot: F/O. K.G. Branson 416538 RAAF Survived POW
Sources:
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2784&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Spitfire production list
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 June 1942 | BM301 | 611 (West Lancashire) Sqn RAF | 0 | near Eastbourne, East Sussex, England |  |
w/o |
| 25 July 1943 | AR610 | 611 (West Lancashire) Sqn RAF | 0 | North Sea 15 km west of Wijk aan Zee, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
| 23 August 1943 | P8545 | 611 (West Lancashire) Sqn RAF | 1 | North Sea 10 km W of Den Helder, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
| 23 August 1943 | EP393 | 611 (West Lancashire) Sqn RAF | 0 | North Sea 5 km W of Den Helder, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
| 16 September 1944 | MH363 | 611 (West Lancashire) Sqn RAF | 1 | Sluisweg road, Hardinxveld-Giessendam, Zuid-Holland | |
w/o |
| 29 October 1944 | PL953 | 4 Sqn RAF | 0 | 6 km SW of Tiel, Gelderland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Dec-2013 08:47 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Aug-2018 21:26 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Aug-2018 07:12 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
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