Incident Hawker Typhoon Mk IB DN599,
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Date:Friday 14 May 1943
Time:20:00
Type:Silhouette image of generic typh model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Hawker Typhoon Mk IB
Owner/operator:245 (Northern Rhodesia) Sqn RAF
Registration: DN599
MSN: MR-D
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:5 miles East of Winterton-on-sea -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Matlaske
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Engine quit 1000 feet ASL, pilot baled over water. He spent 20 minutes in his dingy before being rescued by a Walrus of 278 Air/Sea Rescue Squadron.
Pilot was J16142 F/O Ramsay Herbert Milne (RCAF).

Sources:

245 Sqn records from UK national Archives https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8396775
The Typhoon Project https://www.thetyphoonproject.org/440/Ramsay-Milne.html
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=16142
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=j%2F16142

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
25-Jan-2021 18:46 tachel Added
25-Jan-2021 20:15 tachel Updated [Narrative]
25-Jan-2021 20:24 tachel Updated [Source]

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