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| Date: | Friday 17 May 1940 |
| Time: | 15:55 LT |
| Type: |  Curtiss Hawk 75A |
| Owner/operator: | GC I/4 - Armée de l'Air |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | N of Middelburg, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Duinkerken-Mardyck, France (base) |
Sergent D. Bompain escaped by parachute and returned to his unit. He had been shot down in aerial combat with Bf 109E aircraft of the I./JG 20 from Eindhoven airfield.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0700&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
'Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd' page 264
Wings to Victory database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 25-Mar-2020 14:56 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Mar-2020 14:57 | TigerTimon | Updated [Departure airport, ] |
| 13-Jun-2022 08:35 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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