ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 237278
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| Date: | Saturday 3 February 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 247 (China British) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MN471 |
| MSN: | ZY-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 15 miles south-east of Munster -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF ??? |
Typhoon MN471: Took off for Operation mission. 03/02/1945
Forced landing down behind enemy lines. Due to engine failed forced landed justoutside TEGELE in Germany – Walked by day & night for 4 days Reachinggreven just off Holland Border – CAPTURED HERE BY CIVILIANS AFTER ESCAPING FROMTHEM ONCE – FIRED AT MANY TIMES BY CIVILIANS & ALSO MISTREATED TAKEN TO GREVEN CIVIL JAIL FOR A DAY (RATS& WATER) REMOVED TO MUNSTER/HANDORF airfield for 1day - MOVED TO FRANKFURT –ON-MAINE FOR INTERIGATION(20 DAYS IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT (NO FOOD) – MOVED TO WETZLER CAMP FOR 4 DAYS – MOVED TO LUFT III ATNURNBURG FORCED TO MARCH TO MOOSBURG(STALAG VIIA) STRAFFED ON WAY BY AMERICAN PLANES – ESCAPED WITH 3 CHUMS BUTCAPTURED NEAR AMERICAN LINES - TREATED ROUGH FROM HERE ON. – ARRIVED ATMOOSBURG WHERE LIBERATED ON 29/04/1945 by PATTON’S 3RD ARMY (LT/COLLAND)
Flown back to England on night of 10th may. Landing 11th may 1945
Crew:
F/Lt (J/17298) Emmett Andrew MAGEE (pilot) RCAF - POW
Sources:
1.http://www.hawker typhoon production list.txt
2.Combat February 3.1945
3.POW list
4.CWGC
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 July 1944 | MN795 | 247 (China British) Sqn RAF | 0 | Advanced Landing Ground B.6 Coulombs. | |
w/o |
| 12 April 1945 | DN588 | 247 (China British) Sqn RAF | 0 | near the Hoonhorstweg road at Breedenbroek, Gelderland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Jun-2020 16:56 | TB | Added |
| 14-Oct-2020 14:51 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 30-Dec-2020 17:29 | Angel dick one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Phase, Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Aug-2021 12:55 | Next | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 02-Oct-2021 21:06 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Registration, Source, Operator] |
| 02-Oct-2021 21:12 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
| 25-Dec-2021 23:17 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Operator] |
| 25-Dec-2021 23:19 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 27-Jun-2023 08:49 | Nepa | Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
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