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Date: | Wednesday 13 September 1944 |
Time: | morning |
Type: | Hawker Tempest Mk V |
Owner/operator: | 3 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | JN818 |
MSN: | JF- |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Newchurch, Kent |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 06:50 hrs for an operation against a V-2 missile site at Den Haag.
Over the target area, the aircraft was either shot down by Flak or crashed as a result of an exploding V-2 fuel dump.
The pilot, S/Ldr. K.A. Wigglesworth (DFC), rests in Den Haag.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4021&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= Google Maps
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
03-Sep-2019 19:22 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
04-Sep-2019 06:35 |
stehlÃk49 |
Updated [Operator] |
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