Flight of Spitfire XIV unknown and Flight Sergeant W De Vries on 1944-06-29
On 1944-06-29, Pilot W De Vries (Flight Sergeant, RAF) with an unknown servicenumber, flew a Spitfire XIV with serial unknown Q for this duty: Patrol. His mission was not completed. Circumstances of the aircraft loss: Crashed at Kingsnorth. This aircraft was a part of squadron no. 322. The location for the map is Kingsnorth, United Kingdom. Circumstances at the end of this mission for De Vries: he died, but circumstances of death are unknown. There is no commemoration location known.
According new information of the nephew Ben de Vries of Pilot W.de Vries, this pilot was not crashed. See the flight record of that day and the story what really happened:
A Dutch overview of the carriere as a pilot of W de Vries at Wikipedia: link
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