ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49632
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| Date: | Monday 20 November 1944 |
| Time: | 11:27 LT |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | 401 (City of Westmount) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MJ604 |
| MSN: | YO- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | B.80 Volkel Airfield, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.80 Volkel (NL) |
On 20 November 1944, Flg Off Charles A Tidy of 3 Sqn RAF took off from B.80 Volkel but the engine of his Tempest V EJ658 cut just after take-off. The pilot then attempted an emergency landing at the same airfield. Approaching the field he was thrown off course by a heavy gust of wind and ploughed at 1127 hrs into the Spitfire LFIX MJ604 of 401 Sqn RCAF which was just on the verge of taxiing out onto the runway. The Tempest just chewed through the Spitfire, killing the airman on tail, LAC Reginald Lewis "Joe" Butler, an Aero Engine Mech with 6401 Service Echelon. The pilot of the Spitfire, Plt Off Daniel M. Horsburgh RCAF, escaped with no injuries but did not fly for about a month after that accident. Tidy also survived without serious injury. Both aircraft were damaged beyond repair.
On 22 November, the commanding officer, officers and men from 401 Sqn attended the funeral of LAC Butler, who was buried near Heide at 1030 hours. He was reburied after the war on the Groesbeek (Canadian) War Cemetery.
Tidy had already had a close call during the war, being shot down on 6 March 1944 near Poix, France, aboard the Typhoon Ib MN188. He evaded capture and resumed service with 3 Sqn RAF on 20 September 1944.
Sources:
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?7541-When-Henk-gets-to-20-11-44
"2nd Tactical Air Force. Volume Two : Breakout to Bodenplatte. July 1944 to January 1945", by Christopher Shores and Chris Thomas. ISBN 1-903223-41-5
http://www.defensie.nl/binaries/defensie/documenten/brochures/2008/04/08/verliesregister-1944/verliesregister-1944.pdf
http://www.cieldegloire.com/sq_raf_003.php
http://www.conscript-heroes.com/escapelines/IS9-3349.htm
http://aircrewremembered.com/rcafnotes-surnames-h-l.html
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p067.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkel_Air_Base
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=51.657222&lon=5.690833&z=12
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4694A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 October 1941 | AB983 | 401 (City of Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 1 | French coast near Dunkirk |  |
w/o |
| 27 October 1941 | W3601 | 401 (City of Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Martin Hill, near Deal, Kent |  |
w/o |
| 28 April 1942 | AB917 | 401 (City of Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Whitfield Kent | |
w/o |
| 3 August 1943 | BL339 | 401 (City of Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Underhill farm, Surrey | |
w/o |
| 20 December 1943 | EN629 | 401 (City of Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | near Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 21 June 1944 | NH207 | 401 (City of Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 1 | 1 mile west of advanced airfield B6, Coulombs, Calvados | |
w/o |
| 28 June 1944 | MJ246 | 401 (City of Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | Near Briouze, Normandy | |
w/o |
| 19 September 1944 | JK795 | 401 (City of Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | Gerwen, Nuenen, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 2 October 1944 | MJ726 | 401 (City of Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | Oosterheide heath along the Rechtestraat, Odiliapeel, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 2 October 1944 | MJ300 | 401 (City of Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 1 | B.82 Grave Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 20 October 1944 | MK676 | 401 (City of Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | B.80 Volkel Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 8 December 1944 | MJ245 | 401 (City of Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | B.88 Heesch Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 22 February 1945 | MJ851 | 401 (City of Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | 7 km N of Hengelo, Overijssel | |
w/o |
| 1 March 1945 | MJ448 | 401 (City of Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | B.80 Volkel Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
sub |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Aug-2010 01:20 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 19-Sep-2010 02:13 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 25-Aug-2011 05:03 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator] |
| 20-Nov-2015 16:58 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2017 18:16 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 17-Dec-2018 12:35 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Operator] |
| 19-Oct-2019 17:17 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source] |
| 07-Feb-2020 14:08 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 16-Jun-2022 08:15 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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