ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53176
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| Date: | Friday 29 August 1941 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk IIA |
| Owner/operator: | 19 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P8668 |
| MSN: | QV-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea off Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Matlaske, Norfolk |
The aircraft was shot down in aerial combat with Bf 110 aircraft of the 6./ZG 76 based at Leeuwarden airfield, while engaged in an Air Sea Rescue operation. Claimants were Leutnant Martin Drewes, Ofw. Lambert Spitzer, Ofw. Kornatzki & Gefreiter Max-Ottmar Bopp.
P/O. P.H. Edmonds did not survive and rests at Rockanje cemetery in Zuid-Holland.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1233&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
LW Claims by Michael Balss
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 August 1941 | P7693 | 19 Sqn RAF | 1 | Westerschelde estuary near Breskens, Zeeland | |
w/o |
| 28 August 1941 | P7995 | 19 Sqn RAF | 1 | North Sea 20 km off Dutch coast | |
mis |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Dec-2011 06:25 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 16-Jan-2012 13:05 | Nepa | Updated [Date, Operator, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 20-Mar-2020 22:07 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Jun-2022 07:58 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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