ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52907
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| Date: | Saturday 18 April 1942 |
| Time: | 15:40 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb |
| Owner/operator: | 610 (County of Chester) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AA942 |
| MSN: | DW-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea off Scheveningen, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ludham |
Hit the sea surface flying low level during a recce flight of the Dutch coastal area. Presumably, this aircraft had been sent out to search for a 407 (Demon) Squadron Hudson which had gone missing in the morning.
The pilot was salvaged from the sea. He was initially buried at Den Haag:
P/O. E.J.F.J. Feyten 119438 RAF / Brussels-Evère cemetery in Belgium
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1486&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 31-Dec-2011 01:40 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 19-Jan-2012 01:42 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 17-Apr-2017 16:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Feb-2018 21:09 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Operator, Phase, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 16-Jun-2018 15:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Apr-2020 10:26 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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