ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49973
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Date: | Friday 22 September 1944 |
Time: | 16:00 LT |
Type: | Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
Owner/operator: | 247 (China British) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | JR208 |
MSN: | ZY-C |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Asten, Noord-Brabant -
Netherlands
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | B.58 Melsbroek, Belgium |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The aircraft failed to return from an operation in support of Market Garden.
The pilot, F/Sgt. J.A.D. Meechan, survived the crash but his further where-abouts are unknown.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4279&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
19 March 1945 |
RB480 |
247 (China British) Sqn RAF |
1 |
Appelhülsen, 15 km WSW Münster (NRW) |
|
w/o |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
14-Sep-2019 07:43 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
06-Aug-2021 09:53 |
Anon. |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
06-Aug-2021 09:53 |
SF |
Updated [Other fatalities, Operator] |
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