ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52165
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| Date: | Monday 8 February 1943 |
| Time: | 11:45 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 541 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BP881 |
| MSN: | 2540 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 15 km WNW of Hoek van Holland, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Benson, Oxfordshire |
Spitfire BP881(ES-B) |T/o at 10:30hrs. for photo-recce mission to Rotterdam.
hot down by Fw G. Hütter of the 5./JG 1, flying an Fw 190 A-4 from Woensdrecht airfield.
Missing on a photo-recce mission to Rotterdam.
Crew:
S/Ldr (40190) Pieter Robert Marie VAN DER HEIJDEN (pilot) RAF - killed
Sources:
1. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=BP881
2. https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2048&date=&location.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Sep-2011 04:26 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Narrative] |
| 21-Oct-2011 20:57 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 01-Jan-2012 10:17 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 17-Dec-2013 23:27 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 29-Apr-2015 11:03 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Narrative] |
| 06-Jun-2015 21:11 | Angel dick one | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 06-Jun-2015 21:11 | Angel dick one | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 07-Feb-2018 13:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Feb-2018 18:51 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 02-May-2021 20:39 | dandy | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 20-Jun-2022 00:53 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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