RAF fighter loss on 3rd Sept'44

[ssg keay]

Karl, the three US Spitfire losses in the months of August-September 1944 are all known and can thus be excluded from the list of possibles. Danny

[Icare9]

Would this be of interest?
Name: CHATTIN, PETER WARREN
Initials: P W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Warrant Officer (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 41 Sqdn.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 03/09/1944
Service No: 1239825
Additional information: Son of Thomas and Olive K. Chattin, of Brierley Hill, Staffordshire; husband of Irene E. Chattin.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: III.C.13.
Cemetery: GEEL WAR CEMETERY
41 Sqdn were flying Spitfires, so might be a match?
Now, I don't know how far Geel is from the crash site, I'll leave it to you guys to tell us!!

[Leendert]

The 41 Squadron Spitfire on 3 Sep 44 was EN622 and crashed at Neerhespen, Belgium. Pilot was W/O Chattin indeed.

Regards,

Leendert

[ssg keay]

And according to Horrido and his eyewitnesses, the pilot survived. I am sure the date is wrong, but I went back to the beginning of 44 and then forward to the end of the war and could not find a match, weird. Danny