ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 230261
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| Date: | Saturday 7 October 1944 |
| Time: | 14:50 |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MN641 |
| MSN: | I8-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Praest, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.78 Eindhoven airfield (NL) |
The aircraft exploded in mid air on the pull out after strafing and bombing a rail car.
The pilot was RCAF J3204 Squadron Leader William Harry Pentland, DFC, he is buried at the Rheinberg War Cemetery in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
Sources:
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Pentland
book 'Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd'
440 Sqn wartime records from DND microfilm archives
Personnel records from Ancestry.ca including wingman's mission report detailing events
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=440+sqd+rcaf&qand=3204&exc1=&exc2=
https://www.thetyphoonproject.org/440/William%20Harry-Pentland.html
https://flyingforyourlife.com/pilots/ww2/p/pentland/
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2032400
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 July 1944 | MN403 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 0 | North of Caen, Calvados |  |
w/o |
| 24 March 1945 | MN777 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 0 | B.78 Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant |  |
w/o |
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Oct-2019 18:47 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 24-Feb-2020 13:38 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 31-Jan-2021 16:08 | tachel | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Jan-2021 16:09 | tachel | Updated [Narrative] |
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