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Date: | Sunday 17 September 1944 |
Time: | 12:30 LT |
Type: | Hawker Tempest Mk V |
Owner/operator: | 80 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | EJ519 |
MSN: | W2- |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | North Sea or Schelde near Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Manston, Kent |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 11:30 hrs for an offensive patrol.
The aircraft was hit by Flak while attacking Flak positions on Walcheren island, Zeeland.
The pilot, W/O P.L. Godfrey, is missing in action and is commemorated at the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4048&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 |
05-Sep-2019 19:40 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
06-Sep-2019 15:29 |
stehlÃk49 |
Updated [Operator] |
15-Jun-2022 16:16 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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