ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52975
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| Date: | Monday 23 February 1942 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 1 PRU RAF |
| Registration: | AA787 |
| MSN: | 2044 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea - |
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mount Farm |
| RAF Mount Farm |
Missing on PR mission to Katwijk. Take off time: 08:00
The pilot washed up at Castricum (Noord-Holland) on the 19th of July and is buried at Bergen cemetery; grave 1 B 11.
F/Lt (42051) Eric John DURSTON RAF - killed
Sources:
http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1942%20sec_tcm5-7283.pdf
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1422&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 31-Jul-2011 05:44 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Narrative] |
| 31-Jul-2011 05:51 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 28-Dec-2011 07:37 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 26-Apr-2013 02:56 | fritzelblitz | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 13-Sep-2013 07:06 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator] |
| 09-Jun-2015 17:15 | Angel dick one | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 19-Feb-2017 07:43 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage] |
| 23-Feb-2017 08:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 08-Jan-2018 08:26 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 05-Nov-2019 18:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Country, Source, Narrative] |
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