ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 160255
Last updated: 14 January 2021
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| Date: | 06-MAR-1945 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire LF. Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | 72 (Basutoland) Squadron Royal Air Force (72 (Basutoland) Sqn RAF) |
| Registration: | PL128 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 5 miles NW Conselice, near Ravenna -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Imola, Italy |
Damaged by explosion of target while strafing German troops on the Sillaro and crashed 5 miles North West of Conselice, near Ravenna 6-3-45; pilot - Flight Lt Douglas McKenzie Leitch (Service Number 47831, aged 27) - was killed
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain)
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p086.html
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2223067/leitch,-douglas-mackenzie/
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Sep-2013 22:47 | JINX | Added |
| 01-Apr-2015 07:47 | Quentin | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 29-May-2015 07:03 | Angel dot comma | Updated [Operator] |
| 16-May-2019 00:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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