Flight of Spitfire XIV RM906 and Flight Lieutenant W S Harvey on 1945-02-25
On 1945-02-25, Pilot W S Harvey (Flight Lieutenant, RAF) with an unknown servicenumber, flew a Spitfire XIV with serial RM906 for this duty: Recce. His mission was not completed. Circumstances of the aircraft loss: This Spitfire took off from B.88 HEESCH, February 25, 1945 at 08.35 hour with F/Lt W.D. "Bill" Harvey, J12062 at the helm (see the relevant ORB, a copy is under my control). His Spit crashed east of the town of Borken and Bill bailed out himself safely, a little bit to the north-east, all in Nazi-Germany and indeed not so far from the Dutch-German border. The aircraft crashed in bits and pieces. Its engine was recovered by Dutch Air War Researchers - AVOG -, in 1981. Once, the Griffon, the mechanic heart of RM 906 did return to B.88 (on loan for a fortnight) and was the centre piece of an exhibition in 1991, paying tribute to those who from B.88 contributed to the resettlement of democratic freedom in this part of Europe and in Heesch/Nistelrode area in particular. Several veteran pilots from 126 RCAF Spitfire Wing and once operating from B.88 attended the official opening of this exhibition. Bill himself did send from Canada a telegram to the audience to express his sincere attitude to keep in this way their efforts alive. This aircraft was a part of squadron no. 402. The location for the map is Borken Germany. Circumstances at the end of this mission for Harvey: he escaped. There is no commemoration location known.
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