Accident Hawker Typhoon Mk IB JR261,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49332
 
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Date:Monday 1 January 1945
Time:09:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic typh model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Hawker Typhoon Mk IB
Owner/operator:137 Sqn RAF
Registration: JR261
MSN: SF-Z
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:B.78 Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant -   Netherlands
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:B.78 Eindhoven
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 08:50 hrs for an armed recce operation.

The aircraft was hit by fighter aircraft of JG 3 after the landing.

P/O (188.890) Arthur Vyvyan L. Burrows (pilot) RAFVR - killed; buried Eindhoven cemetery; grave KK 250

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4928&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
28 September 1944 MN169 137 Sqn RAF 0 Diekendaal, Heijen, Limburg w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
05-Nov-2009 23:27 NePa Updated
13-Nov-2019 09:03 TigerTimon Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
16-Jun-2022 04:48 Ron Averes Updated [Location]
16-Jun-2022 05:03 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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