ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 155113
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| Date: | Friday 13 April 1945 |
| Time: | 16:20 |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 175 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | SW475 |
| MSN: | HH- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Langwedel,Verden, Lower Saxony -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B110 Achmer |
Flight of 7 x Typhoons took off at 15h50 from Achmer on an armed reconnaissance against mortar and light flak positions near Volkensen, east of Bremen Germany. This aircraft was seen to peel off at 3000 feet and dive for a rocket attack at a 30-degree angle. The port wing caught fire during the firing of the wing mounted rockets. It is unclear if the fire was caused by a leaking wing external reservoir or from enemy ground fire. The Typhoon pulled out of its dive and climbed, turned on its back and then dove near vertically into the ground. No chute was observed.
Pilot: J/10987 Flight Lieutenant Louis Holmes Parker DFC (RCAF)
Sources:
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2075066
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft SA100 - VZ999, published 1985
175 Sqn war time records from The National Archives UK
Personnel file of F/L Parker from Ancestry.ca WW2 military records
https://www.thetyphoonproject.org/raf/Louis%20Holmes-Parker.html
https://www.rcafassociation.ca/heritage/search-awards/?search=j10987&searchfield=servicenumber&type=all
https://aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=10987&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 September 1944 | MN983 | 175 Sqn RAF | 0 | Terneuzen, Zeeland |  |
w/o |
Images:
F/L Parker DFC RCAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Apr-2013 08:28 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 14-Apr-2013 08:51 | Uli Elch | Updated [Date, Registration, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 02-May-2013 18:40 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 22-Dec-2023 17:32 | tachel | Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Photo] |
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