Accident Hawker Typhoon Mk IB RB218,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49293
 
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Date:Monday 1 January 1945
Time:16:15
Type:Silhouette image of generic typh model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Hawker Typhoon Mk IB
Owner/operator:193 (Fellowship of the Bellows) Sqn RAF
Registration: RB218
MSN: DP-
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Zaltbommel shipyard, Gelderland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:B.70 Antwerp/Deurne, Belgium
Destination airport:
Narrative:
The aircraft failed to return from an armed recce operation.

F/Lt (104.559) Alfred Stewart SMITH (pilot) RAFVR - killed / Zaltbommel cemetery; grave A 4

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4936&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft PA100 - RZ999, published 1992

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
12 October 1944 MN529 193 (Fellowship of the Bellows) Sqn RAF 1 Westerschelde off Breskens, Zeeland w/o
24 February 1945 EK236 193 (Fellowship of the Bellows) Sqn RAF 0 1 km east of Dorst, Noord-Brabant w/o
18 March 1945 MP193 193 (Fellowship of the Bellows) Sqn RAF 0 NE of Arnhem, Gelderland w/o

Images:


Zaltbommel cemetary

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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
05-Nov-2009 23:26 NePa Updated
14-Apr-2013 10:56 Uli Elch Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]
02-May-2013 18:10 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative]
28-May-2013 20:05 Nepa Updated [Operator]
13-Nov-2019 10:03 TigerTimon Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
13-Nov-2019 10:04 TigerTimon Updated [Embed code]
28-May-2022 17:54 Anon. Updated [Photo]

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