ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 246905
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| Date: | Sunday 30 July 1944 |
| Time: | 15H15 |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MN793 |
| MSN: | I8-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Grainville -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B-9 Lantheuil |
Took of at 14h45 as part of a 9 x Typhoon bombing mission. Was shot down after diving through clouds. Nobody saw the exact cause of the loss and although 5 aircraft in the flight were damaged by flak, a German pilot claimed a Typhoon in the same area at the same time.
Pilot was J27245 F/O John William Lippert (RCAF).
Sources:
https://aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=440sqn&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
https://www.thetyphoonproject.org/440/John%20William-Lippert.html
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2333783
http://39-45.auzeau.fr/france/14-calvados/14-bretteville-sur-laize-canadian-war-cemetery-40/
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=27245
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 June 1944 | MN428 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 1 | near Saint-Manvieu-Norrey, Calvados | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Jan-2021 21:26 | tachel | Added |
| 23-Jul-2023 14:36 | tachel | Updated |
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