ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 94006
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| Date: | Saturday 24 March 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Tempest Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 274 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NV920 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Plantlunne airfield (Wesel), -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.91 Kluis (NL) |
March 24th 1945 records; ”Fighter sweep and armed recce. Missing at Plantlunne Airfield”.
Records show that he was hit by flak and killed when his plane crashed.
Three Tempests took off at 0600 that morning and as well as Roy being killed F/Lt.W.J.B.Stark (OC A Flight) was also killed near Plantlunne airfield (Wesel), probably by flak, although German Ace Erich
Rudorffer of Stab1 JG 7 claims him as his victim number 214.
Pilot:
F/Lt (182438) William James Beveridge STARK RAFVR - killed
R.I.P.
Sources:
http://www.luftwaffe.cz/rudorffer.html
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.hawkertempest.se/kennedy.htm]
http://web.archive.org/web/20101223155123/http://hawkertempest.se/OlafRamien.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Jan-2014 19:02 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Jan-2014 19:06 | Nepa | Updated [Source] |
| 11-Aug-2019 22:43 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
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