ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 246663
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| Date: | Wednesday 3 May 1944 |
| Time: | 17:30 |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | JR451 |
| MSN: | I8- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | 1/2 a mile short of runway at RAF Predannack -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hurn |
Flak damaged by 4 German gunboats protecting a beached destroyer. Engine seized, pilot just barely made it over cliffs and crash landed approximately a half mile short of the runway at RAF Predannack. The aircraft slid, stood up on its nose then slammed back down on its belly. Pilot was uninjured.
Pilot was (J27210) F/O John Alexander Douglas Gordon (RCAF)
Sources:
440 RCAF Sqn records and logs from DND Canada
https://www.thetyphoonproject.org/440/Doug-Gordon.html
https://www.rcaf111fsquadron.com/pilots.html
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=27210
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=440+sqd+rcaf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 March 1944 | JR439 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 1 | 5 miles south of New Galloway, Kirkcudbrightshire | |
w/o |
| 7 June 1944 | MN307 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 1 | South of Caen, Calvados |  |
w/o |
| 12 June 1944 | MN115 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 1 | 2 miles south of Christchurch | |
w/o |
| 17 July 1944 | MN715 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 0 | Near Maltot, SW of Caen | |
w/o |
| 26 July 1944 | MN369 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 0 | Rocquancourt | |
w/o |
| 8 August 1944 | MN313 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Near Clair Tizon | |
w/o |
| 12 August 1944 | Mp122 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 1 | North of St. Philbert-sur-Orne | |
w/o |
| 13 August 1944 | MN720 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Le Mesnil Villement, Calvados | |
w/o |
| 18 August 1944 | MN929 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 1 | SE of Vimoutier, Orne | |
w/o |
| 19 August 1944 | MN154 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 0 | West of Orbec | |
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| 9 September 1944 | MN817 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 0 | North East of Brussels |  |
w/o |
| 10 September 1944 | MN796 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 0 | B.58 Melsbroek Airfield, Flemish Brabant | |
w/o |
| 29 October 1944 | MN352 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 0 | Broekstraat road, Someren, Noord-Brabant |  |
w/o |
| 19 November 1944 | MN801 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 1 | near Kerken, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 24 December 1944 | MN453 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 1 | near Schleiden | |
w/o |
| 1 January 1945 | RB192 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 0 | B.78 Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 1 January 1945 | PD621 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 0 | B.78 Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 1 January 1945 | PD595 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 0 | B.78 Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 1 January 1945 | MP139 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 0 | B.78 Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 1 January 1945 | MN984 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 0 | B.78 Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 1 January 1945 | MN940 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 0 | B.78 Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 1 January 1945 | MN569 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 0 | B.78 Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 3 February 1945 | PD497 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 1 | near Bocholt (NRW) | |
w/o |
| 28 February 1945 | MN581 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 0 | West of Wesel | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jan-2021 19:29 | tachel | Added |
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