Mid-air collision Incident Hawker Typhoon Mk IB MP201,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49287
 
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Date:Tuesday 2 January 1945
Time:08:45 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic typh model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Hawker Typhoon Mk IB
Owner/operator:247 (China British) Sqn RAF
Registration: MP201
MSN: ZY-O
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:B.78 Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant -   Netherlands
Phase: Taxi
Nature:Military
Departure airport:B.78 Eindhoven (NL)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Hit by Typhoon IB RB209 while taxying. W/O. S.G. Jones was injured.

Typhoon RB209 was taking off for a test flight with F/Lt. J.D. Stubbs (DFC) at the controls. The RAAF pilot did not survive the collision.

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5072&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft MA100 - MZ999, published 1991

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
30 March 1945 MM979 247 (China British) Sqn RAF 1 Voorstonden hamlet, Brummen, Gelderland w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
14-Apr-2013 10:24 Uli Elch Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Narrative]
02-May-2013 18:11 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
25-Nov-2019 13:00 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]
06-Aug-2021 16:45 SF Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]
16-Jun-2022 05:05 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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