Unit: 541 Squadron
Aircraft: Spitfire
Code: PL919-Q
Base: Benson Oxfortshire
Mission: Photo
Crew officer: Fl/Lt WHALEY, NOEL PATRICK
Incident: Shot down by German fighter
Location: (Prov. Luxembourg)
Facts
Spitfire PR.XI PL919 of the 541 Sqn was shot down on December 24, 1944, probably near Bleialf, 10 km west-northwest of the Prüm (German state of Rhineland-Palatinate).