Accident Hawker Typhoon Mk IB MN354,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49064
 
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Date:Friday 2 March 1945
Time:08:40 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic typh model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Hawker Typhoon Mk IB
Owner/operator:198 Sqn RAF
Registration: MN354
MSN: TP-K
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Neuss, Nordrhein-Westfalen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:B.77 Gilze-Rijen, the Netherlands
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Operation - Armed Recce
The aircraft was shot down by USAAF P-51 Mustangs during an RP attack on shipping in the Rhein river.

W/O. W.A. Livesley did not survive and was buried at Margraten cemetery in Limburg, the Netherlands. He now rests at Venray War Cemetery.

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5337&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft MA100 - MZ999, published 1991

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
14-Apr-2013 13:36 Uli Elch Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]
02-May-2013 18:24 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
28-Feb-2020 20:36 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]

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