Incident Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb EE738,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52316
 
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Date:Tuesday 22 June 1943
Time:09:20
Type:Silhouette image of generic SPIT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb
Owner/operator:610 (County of Chester) Sqn RAF
Registration: EE738
MSN: DW-
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:North Sea off Walcheren, Zeeland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Perranporth, Cornwall
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by an Fw 190A of the JG 1.

Operation: Ramrod - bomber raid escorted by fighters aimed at destruction of a specific target in daylight
Target: German rubber industry (Chemische Werke Hüls AG) at Marl (district Hüls-Nord), Germany
Pilot F/O. G.W.E. Paddock 120576 RAF Survived POW

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2510&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
15-Jun-2018 19:53 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
16-Jun-2018 08:11 TigerTimon Updated [Narrative]
16-Jun-2018 15:03 TigerTimon Updated [Aircraft type]
27-Aug-2018 06:59 stehlik49 Updated [Operator, Destination airport]
06-Oct-2018 05:12 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]

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