ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53139
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| Date: | Wednesday 17 September 1941 |
| Time: | 15:25-55 LT |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk VB |
| Owner/operator: | 71 (Eagle) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W3509 |
| MSN: | XR-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | English Channel near Mazingarbe, Pas-de-Calais département -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF North Weald, Essex |
Took off at 13:45 hrs for Circus 95.
The aircraft was shot down by a Bf 109F of JG 26 while escorting Blenheims to Mazingarbe.
Pilot Officer T.P. McGerty washed up at Castricum (Noord-Holland, the Netherlands) on 20 October and today rests in Bergen cemetery.
Sources:
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T1265B
LW claims by Michael Balss
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Dec-2011 06:28 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 30-Dec-2011 06:28 | Nepa | Updated [[Aircraft type]] |
| 16-Jan-2012 13:12 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 19-Aug-2021 08:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Oct-2022 13:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Source] |
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