Date:	Saturday 10 January 1942
Time:	13:37
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire Mk IIa
Owner/operator:	152 (Hyderabad) Sqn RAF
Registration:	P8266
MSN:	UM-
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	North Sea 1.5 km off Hoek van Holland, Zuid-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Coltishall, Norfolk
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Spitfire P8266: Took off at 11:45 hrs on a shipping reconnaissance sortie. 10/01/1940
Struck the sea at 13:37hrs whilst flying at low level.
Crew:
Sgt (NZ404963) Henry Twite STURT (pilot) RNZAF - killed.
R.I.P.

1.https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1375A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
2.' Spitfire-The New Zealand Story.' by Gerard Morris.
3.' For Your Tomorrow- Vol. One.' by Errol Martyn.
4.CWGC

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P8446

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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-Dec-2008 11:45	ASN archive	Added
31-Jul-2011 04:50	angels one five	Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Narrative]
30-Dec-2011 07:11	Nepa	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative]
17-Jan-2012 01:14	angels one five	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport]
17-Jan-2012 04:39	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Phase]
25-Oct-2012 00:43	angels one five	Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Narrative]
25-Oct-2012 12:47	angels one five	Updated [Registration, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]
12-Aug-2013 13:51	JINX	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative]
13-Sep-2013 06:13	angels one five	Updated [Time, Operator, Narrative]
05-Mar-2014 06:36	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative]
15-Apr-2014 03:55	angels one five	Updated [Operator, Narrative]
01-Jun-2015 15:50	Zeeland	Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Damage, Narrative]
16-Jun-2015 03:01	angels one five	Updated [Time, Operator, Narrative]
17-Jun-2015 06:10	Angel dick one	Updated [Time, Operator, Narrative]
06-Dec-2016 07:20	angels one five	Updated [Narrative]
28-Dec-2017 15:41	TigerTimon	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative]
13-Feb-2018 21:08	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Narrative]
31-Oct-2019 20:06	TigerTimon	Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location]
01-Dec-2019 20:51	angels one five	Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative]
05-Feb-2021 22:50	angels one five	Updated [Aircraft type]
05-Jul-2023 09:11	Nepa	Updated [[Aircraft type]]