ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53752
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| Date: | Tuesday 8 October 1940 |
| Time: | 11:50 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk Id |
| Owner/operator: | PRU RAF |
| Registration: | P9382 |
| MSN: | 564 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hoofdstraat, Noordbroek, Groningen prv -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Heston, Greater London |
Takeoff at 09:18 hrs local time for a photo recce operation to Kiel in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by fighter pilot Oberleutnant Adolf-Waldemar Kinzinger of the Stab I./JG 54 based at Jever airfield (Germany), who was flying a Messerschmitt Bf 109E.
F/Lt (39345) James Ralph Thornton SMALLEY DFC (pilot) RAF - prisoner of war
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0863&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
LW Claims by Michael Balss (secondary source: Prien/Bock)
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Jagdgeschwader/Inhalt.htm
LG
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-Mar-2011 23:27 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 28-Dec-2011 07:52 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 10-Nov-2012 01:37 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Narrative] |
| 30-Apr-2015 05:52 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Operator] |
| 09-Jun-2015 17:04 | Angel dick one | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Sep-2020 19:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Sep-2020 19:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 13-Jun-2022 02:55 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 14-Jun-2022 08:48 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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