Incident Hawker Typhoon Mk IB MN870,
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Date:Sunday 13 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: MN870
MSN: 5V-P
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Minor
Location:B.9 Lantheuil -   France
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:B.9 Lantheuil
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Hit by flak in cockpit area, port wing damading the fuel tank, gun bay and landing gear blowing a tire.
Pilot was F/O P.N. Bernhart RCAF. Landed safely.

Sources:

439 Sqn archives
http://www.thisisme.ca/439squadron/TIGER/439album-8.htm

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
28 October 1944 MN870 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF 1 Holthuizerstraat, Twello, Gelderland w/o

Revision history:

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28-Dec-2017 17:37 tachel Added

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