ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 155155
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| Date: | Friday 30 March 1945 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | RB435 |
| MSN: | 5V- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 7 km south of Lengerich, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.100 Goch, Nordrhein-Westfalen |
Operation / Armed Recce
The aircraft was hit by Flak and crashed.
Pilot was J/29881 F/L William George Davis RCAF. He rests at Holten War Cemetery in the Netherlands.
Sources:
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft PA100 - RZ999, published 1992
Veterans Affairs Canada http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2227126
Back to Normandy https://backtonormandy.org/my-page/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hawker-typhoon/110605-4152427.html
439 Sqn archives
Paradie RCAF database http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=davis
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5459A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 June 1944 | MN417 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | Carpiquet Luftwaffe airfield |  |
w/o |
| 23 June 1944 | MN663 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | SW of Caen | |
w/o |
| 18 July 1944 | MN574 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Mesnil-Frementel | |
w/o |
| 19 August 1944 | PD448 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Near Vimoutiers, 50 km SE of Caen | |
w/o |
| 9 September 1944 | MP152 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | Westerschelde near Hansweert, Zeeland |  |
w/o |
| 27 September 1944 | PD458 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Near Goch, 9 km N of Laarbruch (NRW) | |
w/o |
| 5 October 1944 | MN765 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Roman Catholic church at Zevenaar, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 22 October 1944 | MP136 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | Graafseweg road, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 11 November 1944 | MN547 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | Follega, Friesland | |
sub |
| 19 November 1944 | MN357 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | Maaseik, Limburg |  |
w/o |
| 19 November 1944 | PD607 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 1 | 10 miles NE of Roermond, Limburg | |
sub |
| 21 November 1944 | MN124 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Rhede | |
w/o |
| 3 December 1944 | MN348 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Burden | |
w/o |
| 15 December 1944 | PD478 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Near Haltern, 11 km NNE Marl (NRW) | |
w/o |
| 24 December 1944 | PD492 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Düren (NRW), 6 km SE | |
w/o |
| 24 December 1944 | MN894 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Mayen | |
w/o |
| 26 December 1944 | PD459 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | B.78 Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 27 December 1944 | MP145 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | near Saint Vith, Liège | |
w/o |
| 29 December 1944 | MN791 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | Coesfeld | |
w/o |
| 20 January 1945 | RB317 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | Laffeld (NRW) | |
w/o |
| 22 January 1945 | MP134 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | Uetterath, Heinsberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 22 January 1945 | MN424 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | NW of Eersel, Noord-Brabant | |
sub |
| 2 April 1945 | MN581 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | Nordhorn, GB, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 23 April 1945 | SW525 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | Ratzeburg | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Apr-2013 12:58 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 14-Apr-2013 13:09 | Uli Elch | Updated [Date, Registration, Operator, Location] |
| 10-May-2013 19:55 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 01-Jun-2013 08:50 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 27-Aug-2017 19:17 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 19-Dec-2017 17:51 | tachel | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Mar-2020 10:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Mar-2020 10:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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