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Date: 27-Oct-2020
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Detail page crash 06-Oct-1941
| CrashID | 531 |
| Date | 06-Oct-1941 |
| Time | 12:45 |
| Location | Westerschelde |
| Airplane | Hurricane |
| Type / model | Mk IIc |
| Serial number | Z3085 |
| Registration number | KW- |
| Group | RAF Fighter Command |
| Squadron | 615 Sqn RAF |
| Base | Northolt |
| Mission | Jim Crow. Vier Hurricanes van No.615 squadron voerden een Roadstead uit naar de monding van de Westerschelde waarbij – ter hoogte van het vaarwater van de Wielingen – twee vaartuigen van het Hafenschutzflottille Südholland alsmede een boot van het Rheinflottille werden aangevallen. |
| Target | Scheldegebied |
| Crew | Sgt. Cenek Chaloupka POW |
| Cemeteries | NVT |
| Brief description of the crash | Sgt Chaloupka had allready once bailed out at 29 sept 1941 during a Rhubarb, but was safe. He was rescued from the water. |
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