Date:	Sunday 18 July 1943
Time:	07:15
Type:	North American P-51 Mustang I
Owner/operator:	613 (City of Manchester) Sqn RAF
Registration:	AG656
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	North Sea 10 km W of Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Odiham, Hampshire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Three P-51 Mustangs MkI (AM 175 AG 568 and AG 656) of 613 Squadron, shot down on 18 July 1943 by either flak or fighters during a low level sortie over Scheveningnen, Netherlands, probably in order to carry out attacks on ships near Den Helder. All three pilots were posted as missing/killed in action as all three aircraft were reported to have crashed into the North Sea.

Pilot of AG656/SY-P was Flt Lt H. Gore

http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1943%20sec_tcm5-7284.pdf
http://www.hansonline.eu/den_helder/beaufighter.htm
http://www.airwar39-45.nl/media/Downloads/SGLO_Verlieslijst_T_1943_versie_02_28-09-2010.pdf
http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2000/01/stuff_eng_profile_mustang3.htm
Flight 8 October 1943 at http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1943/1943%20-%202442.html

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-Dec-2008 11:45	ASN archive	Added
28-Sep-2011 21:18	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
16-Nov-2011 13:24	angels one five	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative]
16-Nov-2011 13:32	angels one five	Updated [Narrative]
16-Nov-2011 13:34	angels one five	Updated [Aircraft type]
16-Nov-2011 13:40	angels one five	Updated [Aircraft type]
16-Nov-2011 21:21	angels one five	Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
18-Jan-2012 07:43	Nepa	Updated [Operator]
18-Jun-2022 04:33	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, Narrative]