ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49017
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| Date: | Thursday 15 March 1945 |
| Time: | 17:00 LT |
| Type: |  Hawker Tempest Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 56 (Punjab) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | SN133 |
| MSN: | US- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | B.80 Volkel Airfield, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Volkel AB, Netherlands (UDE/EHVK) |
| Volkel AB, Netherlands (UDE/EHVK) |
Destroyed when belly-landed at Volkel AB, near Uden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands 15 March 1945; aircraft caught fire
Pilot:
W/O (1318905) Joseph Frederick ALEXANDER (pilot) RAFVR - killed
R.I.P.
According to the official report:
"On 15 March 1945 while testing a new aircraft (SN133) which had arrived that day, he was unable to get the undercarriage down. After many unsuccessful attempts he radioed that he was going to belly land the aircraft, this was not the best thing to do with a Tempest, as it had a large radiator under the propeller. Many had survived this sort of landing but as Joe touched down the radiator dug into the ground turning the aircraft onto its back, exploding and killing him.
Joe Alexander is buried in the Eindhoven Cemetery, in the suburb of Woensel. He was twenty-three years old."
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain 1985 p.12)
2. http://www.hungerfordvirtualmuseum.co.uk/Themes/War_Memorials/2nd_World_War_Memorials/Joe_Alexander/joe_alexander.html
3. http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1945%20sec_tcm5-7286.pdf
4. https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5383&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 February 1945 | JN816/EJ526 | 56 Sqn RAF | 0 | near B.80 Volkel Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 24-Jan-2015 20:08 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Apr-2015 17:36 | Koumes | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 28-Aug-2019 19:59 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 28-Nov-2019 20:44 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 12-Mar-2020 09:36 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source] |
| 16-Jun-2022 08:19 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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