ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 265634
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| Date: | Sunday 3 December 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk Ib |
| Owner/operator: | 184 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MN889 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Shorncliffe Barracks, Folkestone, Kent, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.80 Volkel airfield (NL) |
| RAF Tangmere, West Sussex |
Typhoon Ib MN889 (184 Sqdn RAF)
On 3.12.44 six Typhoons 184 Sqdn RAF left Volkel for the UK.
The original plan was to head for RAF Warmwell in Dorset but were diverted to RAF Tangmere.
The three Typhoons crashed in poor weather near at army base at Folkestone, Kent (Shorncliffe Barracks ).
The three Typhoons that crashed at Shorncliffe Barracks 03/12/1944 MN889, JR310, MN136
Pilot: (MN889)
F/O (150326) William Thomas James O'BRIEN RAFVR - killed
Sources:
ORB 184 Sqdn RAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Jul-2021 17:11 | Nepa | Added [Operator] |
| 04-Dec-2021 22:15 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
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