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CrashID | 224 |
Date | 05-Feb-1943 |
Time | Onbekend/Unknown |
Location | Noordzee |
Airplane | Supermarine |
Type / model | Spitfire |
Serial number | EN918 |
Registration number | AV-X? |
Group | 4th FG USAAF |
Squadron | 335th FS USAAF |
Base | Debden |
Mission | Aanval schepen |
Target | Schepen Nederlandse kustgebied |
Crew | Capt. William P. Kelly MIA |
Cemeteries | Onbekend/Unknown |
Brief description of the crash | Six Spitfires of 335 FS (4 FG) performed a shipping recce along the Dutch coast. Around the islands of Walcheren and Schouwen a couple of German ships where attacked. Flying at around 1200 feet, the Spitfire of Kelly was hit by Flak and crashed into the see. |
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