ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52640
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| Date: | Monday 3 August 1942 |
| Time: | 14:25 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb |
| Owner/operator: | 485 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BM183 |
| MSN: | OU-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Biezelinge - Kapelle, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire |
Takeoff at 13:25 hrs for a Rhubarb operation to Vlissingen in Zeeland.
The aircraft was shot down by the 7./Marine-Flak-Abteilung 810 based on the Zuid-Beveland peninsula.
Rhubarb – fighter or fighter-bomber sections, at times of low cloud and poor visibility, crossing the English Channel and then dropping below cloud level to search for opportunity targets such as railway locomotives and rolling stock, aircraft on the ground, enemy troops, and vehicles on roads.
Pilot: NZ413156 Sgt R.W. Vessey RNZAF - killed.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1751&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Marineflak/MFlakAbt.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Jan-2012 09:54 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 12-Aug-2017 17:31 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Feb-2018 07:31 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 14-May-2020 17:07 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Jul-2022 21:20 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
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