ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 155172
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| Date: | Sunday 31 December 1944 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 247 (China British) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PD612 |
| MSN: | ZY-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | south of Münster, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.78 Eindhoven, the Netherlands |
Took off at 11:20 hrs for a reconnaissance sortie. Hit by Flak and crashed.
W/O (1323157) Wilfred Henry Allan LYE (pilot) RAFVR - prisoner of war
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
ORB 247 Sqdn RAF
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/pows/index.php?qname=&qcntry=&cur=0&qunit=247%20Sqdn&qnum=&qmem=&qdate=
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/mcgregor-ronald-gregor.html
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=PD612&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Apr-2013 14:18 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 14-Apr-2013 14:31 | Uli Elch | Updated [Date, Registration, Operator, Location] |
| 01-May-2013 21:38 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 30-Aug-2013 13:51 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Mar-2015 06:18 | Lotos | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 06-Aug-2021 16:38 | SF | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 29-Dec-2021 14:35 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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