ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 89139
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Date: | Saturday 11 May 1940 |
Time: | 06:55 06:58 |
Type: | Gloster Gladiator Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 1/I/2 Aéronautique Militaire Belge |
Registration: | G-19 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Albert Canal, Vroenhoven, Limburg -
Belgium
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Le Culot (Beauvechain) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Mission: Bridges Albert Canal
Lost: 11/05/1940
Sgt André Marie Albert Gabriel Pirlot, pilot, KIA
Based at Le Culot. Shot down by Bf 109 I./JG1. Possibly by Ufzz Emil Clade or Staffelkapitän Hauptmann Wilhelm Balthasar
Crashed near Albert Canal.
Sources:
http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/belgium/af/losses.html http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/gladiator_belgium.htm Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
18-Jan-2011 13:45 |
ThW |
Added |
20-Jan-2011 13:09 |
ThW |
Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
03-Feb-2011 14:11 |
ThW |
Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
30-Sep-2015 05:44 |
sandman56 |
Updated [Narrative] |
28-Jun-2022 23:34 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
28-Jun-2022 23:37 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Aircraft type] |
29-Jun-2022 00:30 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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