Denne Spitfire var på bombetogt.

Flying Officer Niels Juul Rysensteen Buchwald, 29, Pilot på Spitfire IX PT718 fra 222 Squadron med base på B35 Godelmesnil Airfield mellem Dieppe og Abbeville i Frankrig blev dræbt i luftkamp over Schoondijke i Holland den 13. oktober 1944. 

Danish WW2 Pilots har dette om N.J.R. Buchwald og dette om J. Thalbitzer. I AirmenDK P/O J. Thalbitzer. F/Lt L. McMillan blev aldrig fundet.

Wikipedia: Schoondijke er en landsby i den the hollandske provins Zeeland. Den ligger i kommunen Sluis, omkring  5 km syd for Breskens.

Beboere i Schoondijke sørgede her for et pænt gravsted, men kort efter Danmarks befrielse fik familien den dræbte flyver overført til hjemlandet. (Kilde: FAF)

Se Supermarine Spitfire - Wikipedia.

Airwar over Denmark har intet om dette fly og dets besætning.   Updated:  10 MAR 2026  1 flyver.


  This Spitfire pilot was on a bombing raid.

Flying Officer Niels Juul Rysensteen Buchwald, 29, the Pilot of Spitfire IX PT718 of 222 Squadron based at B35 Godelmesnil Airfield between Dieppe and
Abbeville in France was killed in an aerial battle over Schoondijke in The Netherlands on 13 October, 1944.

Danish WW2 Pilots has this about N.J.R. Buchwald and this about Jørgen Thalbitzer. On AirmenDK P/O J. Thalbitzer.  F/Lt L. McMillan was never found.

Wikipedia: Schoondijke is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is located in the municipality of Sluis, about 5 km south of Breskens.

Residents of Schoondijke provided a neat plot, but shortly after the liberation of Denmark the family had the deceased airman repatriated to his native country. ( FAF)

See Supermarine Spitfire.

No. 222 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia.

Airwar over Denmark has nothing about this plane and its crew.     Updated:  10 MAR 2026  1 airman.