Accident Supermarine Spitfire Mk IIA P8446,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53239
 
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Date:Tuesday 12 August 1941
Time:13:12 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic SPIT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Supermarine Spitfire Mk IIA
Owner/operator:152 (Hyderabad) Sqn RAF
Registration: P8446
MSN: UM-
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Biervliet, Zeeland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Portreath Cornwall
Destination airport:
Narrative:
152Sqn FTR Antwerp area after providing cover for Blenheim raid on Cologne 12-8-41

Sgt. G.D. White did not survive and rests at Vlissingen cemetery.

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1178&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
10 January 1942 P8266 152 (Hyderabad) Sqn RAF 1 North Sea 1.5 km off Hoek van Holland, Zuid-Holland w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
30-Dec-2011 06:18 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type]
02-Jan-2012 01:28 Nepa Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative]
17-Jan-2012 05:01 Nepa Updated [Operator, Departure airport]
19-Feb-2020 21:05 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]

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