ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53187
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| Date: | Thursday 28 August 1941 |
| Time: | 19:30 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk IIA |
| Owner/operator: | 19 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P8439 |
| MSN: | QV-X |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | beach near Rockanje, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Matlaske, Norfolk |
Takeoff at 18:00 for a Circus operation. Damaged by Flak while escorting Blenheims to Rotterdam and crash-landed.
SOC 31-8-41
Pilot: F/Lt W. CUNNINGHAM / prisoner of war
Note: The on-line Spitfire production list erroneously gives the unit of this aircraft as 91 Squadron.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1229&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Spitfire production list
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Dec-2011 06:24 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 16-Jan-2012 13:01 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 23-Jan-2013 05:57 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Feb-2013 15:07 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 12-Aug-2013 04:26 | JINX | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 02-Mar-2015 19:04 | Zeeland | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Mar-2020 16:08 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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