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Date: | Thursday 1 July 1943 |
Time: | 12:00 |
Type: | Hawker Typhoon Mk Ib |
Owner/operator: | 3 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | DN589 |
MSN: | QO-A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | North Sea 25 km W of Hoek van Holland, Zuid-Holland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Manston, Kent |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Shot down by Leutnant Georg "Murr" Schott of the 1./JG 1, flying an Fw 190A from Schiphol airfield.
The Typhoon was on an anti-shipping operation, targeting a convoy.
Takeoff time: 11:25
Pilot: P/O. C.G. Benjamin 403855 RAAF Rotterdam LL 2 47 Recovered from sea by German minesweeper M.425
Sources:
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2632&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Jagdgeschwader/JG1.htm Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
17-Jul-2018 18:12 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
30-Aug-2018 20:27 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
26-Sep-2018 07:28 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
20-Jun-2022 00:57 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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