ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 246505
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| Date: | Sunday 10 September 1944 |
| Time: | 11:00 |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MN796 |
| MSN: | I8- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | B.58 Melsbroek Airfield, Flemish Brabant -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B-58 Melsbroek |
Engine seized at 2500 feet on climb out from Melsbroek airbase. Pilot attempted a dead stick landing but touched down short of the runway with a single main landing gear partially down that tore off on impact. Aircraft bounced, flipped on its back and caught fire. Pilot managed to extricate himself from the wreck with burns to face and hands and minor injuries.
Pilot: J/26914 F/O Francis Joseph Crowley (RCAF)
Sources:
440 Squadron RCAF records (DND archives)
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=26914
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=440+sqd+%28rcaf%29
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 March 1944 | JR439 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 1 | 5 miles south of New Galloway, Kirkcudbrightshire |  |
w/o |
| 3 May 1944 | JR451 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 0 | 1/2 a mile short of runway at RAF Predannack | |
sub |
| 7 June 1944 | MN307 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 1 | South of Caen, Calvados |  |
w/o |
| 12 June 1944 | MN115 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 1 | 2 miles south of Christchurch | |
w/o |
| 17 July 1944 | MN715 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 0 | Near Maltot, SW of Caen | |
w/o |
| 26 July 1944 | MN369 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 0 | Rocquancourt | |
w/o |
| 8 August 1944 | MN313 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Near Clair Tizon | |
w/o |
| 12 August 1944 | Mp122 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 1 | North of St. Philbert-sur-Orne | |
w/o |
| 13 August 1944 | MN720 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Le Mesnil Villement, Calvados | |
w/o |
| 18 August 1944 | MN929 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 1 | SE of Vimoutier, Orne | |
w/o |
| 19 August 1944 | MN154 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 0 | West of Orbec | |
w/o |
| 9 September 1944 | MN817 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 0 | North East of Brussels | |
w/o |
| 29 October 1944 | MN352 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 0 | Broekstraat road, Someren, Noord-Brabant |  |
w/o |
| 19 November 1944 | MN801 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 1 | near Kerken, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 24 December 1944 | MN453 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 1 | near Schleiden | |
w/o |
| 1 January 1945 | RB192 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 0 | B.78 Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 1 January 1945 | PD621 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 0 | B.78 Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 1 January 1945 | PD595 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 0 | B.78 Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 1 January 1945 | MP139 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 0 | B.78 Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 1 January 1945 | MN984 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 0 | B.78 Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 1 January 1945 | MN940 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 0 | B.78 Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 1 January 1945 | MN569 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 0 | B.78 Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 3 February 1945 | PD497 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 1 | near Bocholt (NRW) | |
w/o |
| 28 February 1945 | MN581 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 0 | West of Wesel | |
sub |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jan-2021 16:05 | tachel | Added |
| 14-Nov-2022 06:45 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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