ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 177796
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Date: | Friday 4 August 1944 |
Time: | afternoon |
Type: | Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
Owner/operator: | 137 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | MN126 |
MSN: | SF- |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Oosterschelde, near Colijnsplaat, Zeeland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Manston, Kent |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 16:05 hrs for an anti-shipping operation.
Over Zeeland, the aircraft was shot down by ships Flak.
The body of the RCAF pilot, F/O. James Holder, washed up on the 11th of September 1944, at the Vliehors nature reserve on Vlieland island. He is buried at the Vlieland cemetery.
R.I.P.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3913&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
15-Jul-2015 13:03 |
gerard57 |
Added |
26-Sep-2015 05:25 |
Oezil |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
18-Jul-2019 19:17 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
18-Jul-2019 19:17 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Narrative] |
17-Jun-2022 10:42 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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