ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49237
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| Date: | Wednesday 24 January 1945 |
| Time: | 15:30 |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 257 (Burma) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PD464 |
| MSN: | FM-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Vuren, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.70 Antwerp/Deurne, Belgium |
Takeoff at 15:00 hrs for an armed recce operation in the Rotterdam area.
The aircraft was hit by Flak and crashed.
F/Lt. John Davis Lunn did not survive and rests at Vuren cemetery.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5168&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2648333/lunn,-john-davis/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 January 1945 | RB319 | 257 (Burma) Sqn RAF | 1 | Aloise Polder at Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Aug-2013 03:03 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Mar-2015 11:22 | Faun | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 22-Jan-2020 08:53 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jul-2021 12:22 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator] |
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