Accident Hawker Typhoon Mk IB MN866,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49773
 
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Date:Friday 6 October 1944
Time:14:56 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic typh model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Hawker Typhoon Mk IB
Owner/operator:266 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF
Registration: MN866
MSN: ZH-J
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:North Sea near Hoek van Holland, Zuid-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:B.70 Antwerp/Deurne (B)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 14:30 hrs for an armed recce operation.
The aircraft was hit by Flak of the Marine-Flak-Abteilungen 813 & 205 and crashed.

The pilot, W/O A.W. Paul, is missing

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4482&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Marineflak/MFlakAbt.htm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
03-Oct-2019 07:40 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
03-Oct-2019 07:41 TigerTimon Updated [Narrative]
27-Nov-2019 11:36 Nepa Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator]

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