ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 200961
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| Date: | Sunday 24 December 1944 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 438 (Wild Cat) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MP186 |
| MSN: | F3-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Schmidtheim -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.78 Eindhoven NL |
Aircraft flown by (J29339) F/O D.J. Washburn 438 SQN RCAF. One of 2 x 438 SQN losses to accurate German FLAK during mission (other loss was F/O R.F. Breen flying Typhoon MP178). Aircraft hit too low (approx 600 feet) to allow safe bale out, pilot killed in crash.
Sources:
438 SQN RCAF archives
National archives of Canada
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 April 1945 | RB323 | 438 (Wild Cat) Sqn RCAF | 0 | Bovenau, 19 km W Kiel (S.-Holstein) | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Nov-2017 17:35 | tachel | Added |
| 22-Dec-2017 07:24 | tachel | Updated [Cn] |
| 25-Sep-2019 05:38 | tachel | Updated [Narrative] |
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