Incident Hawker Typhoon Mk IB MN375,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203480
 
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Date:Friday 18 August 1944
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic typh model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Hawker Typhoon Mk IB
Owner/operator:439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF
Registration: MN375
MSN: 5V-S
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Minor
Location:Carpiquet ex- Luftwaffe airfield -   France
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:B.9 Lantheuil
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Pilot J/21136 F/O R.A. Brown RCAF, hit by flak, pilot wounded and aircraft sustained minor damage. Successful emergency landing at Carpiquet.

Sources:

439 SQN archives.
http://www.thisisme.ca/439squadron/TIGER/439album-8.htm
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=brown

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
28 September 1944 MN375 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF 0 Near Luxembourg unk

Revision history:

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28-Dec-2017 07:29 tachel Added

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