Accident Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb W3429,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52025
 
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Date:Saturday 10 April 1943
Time:11:15
Type:Silhouette image of generic SPIT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb
Owner/operator:118 Sqn RAF
Registration: W3429
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Sint Maartensweg, Sint Maartensvlotbrug, Noord-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Coltishall, Norfolk
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by a Grenadiers Compagnie of the Wehrmacht.

Operation: Ranger – freelance flights over enemy territory by units of any size, to occupy and tire enemy fighters
Call Sign: NK-
Takeoff time: 10:20
Pilot: P/O. A.J. Beer 403896 RAAF Bergen NH 2 E 4

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2192&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
21-Jan-2012 03:35 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative]
09-Apr-2018 12:55 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
26-Aug-2018 17:39 stehlik49 Updated [Operator]
06-Oct-2018 05:31 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]

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