Incident Hawker Typhoon Mk IB MN569,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49334
 
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Date:Monday 1 January 1945
Time:09:20
Type:Silhouette image of generic typh model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Hawker Typhoon Mk IB
Owner/operator:440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF
Registration: MN569
MSN: I8-
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:B.78 Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant -   Netherlands
Phase: Taxi
Nature:Military
Departure airport:B.78 Eindhoven airfield
Destination airport:
Narrative:
The aircraft was damaged by Luftwaffe fighters on the taxi run, during operation 'Bodenplatte'. A nearby bomb blast enjured the pilot with multiple shrapnel wounds and a damaged eye.
The Canadian pilot, J/89136 P/O Edward Theodore Flanagan, seriously injured. he was away from the unit for 3 months.

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4947&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft MA100 - MZ999, published 1991
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=89136
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=j%2F89136
https://www.thetyphoonproject.org/440/Ed%20T.-Flanagan.html

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
18 March 1944 JR439 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF 1 5 miles south of New Galloway, Kirkcudbrightshire w/o
3 May 1944 JR451 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF 0 1/2 a mile short of runway at RAF Predannack sub
7 June 1944 MN307 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF 1 South of Caen, Calvados w/o
12 June 1944 MN115 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF 1 2 miles south of Christchurch w/o
17 July 1944 MN715 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF 0 Near Maltot, SW of Caen w/o
26 July 1944 MN369 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF 0 Rocquancourt w/o
8 August 1944 MN313 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF 1 Near Clair Tizon w/o
12 August 1944 Mp122 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF 1 North of St. Philbert-sur-Orne w/o
13 August 1944 MN720 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF 1 Le Mesnil Villement, Calvados w/o
18 August 1944 MN929 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF 1 SE of Vimoutier, Orne w/o
19 August 1944 MN154 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF 0 West of Orbec w/o
9 September 1944 MN817 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF 0 North East of Brussels w/o
10 September 1944 MN796 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF 0 B.58 Melsbroek Airfield, Flemish Brabant w/o
29 October 1944 MN352 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF 0 Broekstraat road, Someren, Noord-Brabant w/o
19 November 1944 MN801 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF 1 near Kerken, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o
24 December 1944 MN453 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF 1 near Schleiden w/o
3 February 1945 PD497 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF 1 near Bocholt (NRW) w/o
28 February 1945 MN581 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF 0 West of Wesel sub

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
05-Nov-2009 23:26 NePa Updated
14-Apr-2013 09:51 Uli Elch Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]
10-May-2013 16:56 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative]
01-Jun-2013 08:48 Nepa Updated [Operator, Location]
29-Aug-2013 02:31 JINX Updated [Operator, Location]
31-Mar-2015 11:15 Lotos Updated [Operator]
25-May-2015 19:26 Digger Updated [Operator]
27-Aug-2017 18:37 Nepa Updated [Operator]
20-Dec-2017 07:18 tachel Updated [Cn]
13-Nov-2019 10:24 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]
13-Nov-2019 10:25 TigerTimon Updated [Departure airport]
13-Nov-2019 19:58 TigerTimon Updated [Time]
24-Feb-2020 13:36 Xindel XL Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator]
08-Jan-2021 20:28 tachel Updated [Time, Phase, Source, Narrative]
08-Jan-2021 21:36 TigerTimon Updated [Time]
09-Jan-2021 18:29 tachel Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative]
16-Jun-2022 04:47 Ron Averes Updated [Location]
16-Jun-2022 05:03 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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