ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48826
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Date: | Friday 13 April 1945 |
Time: | 16:30 LT |
Type: | Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
Owner/operator: | 609 (West Riding) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | RB250 |
MSN: | PR-A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Nederasselt, Gelderland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Operation - Armed Recce. In April 1945, large parts of Gelderland province were liberated by the Allies.
The aircraft collided in mid-air with Typhoon MN434. Both pilots were killed and rest at Uden War Cemetery in Noord-Brabant:
RB250 / Flight Sergeant A.H.E.M. De Blommaert de Soye / RAF / son of the Baron and Baronne de Blommaert de Soye, of Heirges, Wavre, Belgium / 24 years old
MN434 / Flying Officer M.H.G. Rendall / RAAF / son of Joseph Henry Hewett Rendall and Marguerite Elise Rendall, of Gladesville, New South Wales, Australia / 25 years old
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5564&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5563&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= Google Maps
2020 Commonwealth War Graves Commission
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
29 January 1944 |
JP662 |
609 (West Riding) Sqn RAF |
1 |
North Sea off Walcheren, Zeeland |
|
mis |
10 March 1945 |
PD449 |
609 (West Riding) Sqn RAF |
0 |
B.77 Gilze-Rijen Airfield, Noord-Brabant |
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w/o |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
12-Apr-2011 07:39 |
Anon. |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants] |
06-Apr-2020 07:43 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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