Accident Hawker Typhoon Mk IB MN805,
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Date:Friday 6 October 1944
Time:08:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic typh model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Hawker Typhoon Mk IB
Owner/operator:440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF
Registration: MN805
MSN: I8-D
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Rheinischer Bahnhof railway station at Geldern, Nordrhein-Westfalen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:B-78 Eindhoven NL
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Last seen diving on target, never pulled out although no Flak was observed by rest of flight. (Sqn records)
Pilot was J/13484 Charles Sidney Aistrop AFC (RCAF)

The aircraft had taken off at 07:55 hrs to dive bomb marshalling yards at Geldern. 2 x 1000 lb. bombs with 0.25 tail fusing were used.
The damage was assessed as 99%.

Sources:

http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=440+sqd+%28rcaf%29
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=MN805
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=13484
440 Squadron (RCAF) records
Bruchunterlagen (German contemporary report)
Google Maps
Typhoon Legacy Co. Ltd.

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
7 June 1944 MN257 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF 0 North of Caen w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
04-Jan-2021 17:43 tachel Added
04-Jan-2021 17:48 tachel Updated [Cn]
05-Jun-2021 12:04 TigerTimon Updated [Other fatalities, Location]
21-Dec-2021 09:46 TigerTimon Updated [Location, Source]
21-Dec-2021 09:55 TigerTimon Updated [Source, Narrative]
21-Dec-2021 09:59 TigerTimon Updated [Location]
21-Dec-2021 10:12 TigerTimon Updated [Location]
21-Dec-2021 10:18 TigerTimon Updated [Narrative]

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