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Spitfire PR.IX PL796 lost at Onbekend on 24-12-1944 (SGLO ref: T4832)

1944-12-24 · Nieuwkuik · Netherlands

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On 1944-12-24, Pilot T A Priddle (Flying Officer, RAF) with servicenumber 134730 flew a Spitfire PR.IX with serial PL796 for this duty: unknown operation. His mission was not completed. Circumstances of the aircraft loss: Crashed at Nieuwkuik. This aircraft was a part of squadron no. 4. The location for the map is Nieuwkuik Netherlands. Circumstances at the end of this mission for Priddle: he was killed. He is commemorated at: Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery Netherlands

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