ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50720
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Date: | Wednesday 18 October 1944 |
Time: | 17:40 LT |
Type: | Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
Owner/operator: | 197 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | MP157 |
MSN: | OV- |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | B.70 Antwerp/Deurne, Belgium |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:While engaged in an armed recce operation, the aircraft was hit by Flak and crashed.
The pilot, P/O. F.J. Vance, did not survive and is buried at the Bergen op Zoom RCAF cemetery; grave 5 C 2.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4550&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= Google Maps
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
09-Oct-2019 17:24 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
13-Jun-2022 05:29 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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