Incident Hawker Typhoon Mk IB JP446,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203917
 
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Date:Monday 3 January 1944
Time:11:25
Type:Silhouette image of generic typh model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Hawker Typhoon Mk IB
Owner/operator:56 (Punjab) Sqn RAF
Registration: JP446
MSN: US-U
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Pas de Calais -   France
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Matlaske
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Hit by flak, aircraft abandonned. Pilot was C/22655 F/O Robert Gordon Crosby (RCAF), he evaded capture.

Sources:

438 SQN archives.
Royal Canadian Air Force Association web site (DFC and MiD citations)
Back to Normandy
Paradie RCAF database

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
06-Jan-2018 16:49 tachel Added
27-Nov-2019 23:16 Nepa Updated [Time, Operator, Operator]
27-Nov-2019 23:16 Nepa Updated [Destination airport, Operator]

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