Incident Hawker Typhoon Mk IB P7620*,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49112
 
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Date:Thursday 22 February 1945
Time:17:45 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic typh model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Hawker Typhoon Mk IB
Owner/operator:174 (Mauritius) Sqn RAF
Registration: P7620*
MSN: XP-
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:B.80 Volkel Airfield, Noord-Brabant -   Netherlands
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:B.80 Volkel
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 16:05 hrs for an armed recce operation to Osnabrück, Germany.
The aircraft crash-landed with battle damage caused by Flak.

* Not the correct serial no. for this aircraft. P7620 was a Spitfire Mark II.

Pilot / P/O. F.E. Wheeler

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5291A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
16 August 1943 JP444 174 (Mauritius) Sqn RAF 1 Amiens Glisy airfield w/o
6 March 1945 MN810 174 (Mauritius) Sqn RAF 0 B.80 Volkel Airfield, Noord-Brabant w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
27-May-2013 02:16 Anon. Updated [Total occupants, Narrative]
17-Feb-2020 09:02 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
29-Jan-2021 20:48 angels one five Updated [Registration, Narrative]
18-Jul-2021 09:47 Anon. Updated [Operator, Operator]
16-Jun-2022 08:11 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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