ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49548
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| Date: | Saturday 9 December 1944 |
| Time: | 08:40 LT |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 609 (West Riding) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MN150 |
| MSN: | PR- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Almkerk, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.77 Gilze-Rijen |
On 9 December 1944, Flt Sgt Raymond Joseph Parthoens, a Belgian pilot of 609 Sqn RAF, was killed when his Typhoon Ib MN150 crashed in bad weather at Almkerk, near Gorinchem, at 0840 hrs. He was buried by the Germans as a Belgian "Feldwebel" and was probably because of that registered as a dead German soldier. But on 20 June 1950 the grave was opened and his real identity was found. His corpse was then transferred to Evere in Belgium.
Born on March 29, 1920. Parthoens was an ex-member of the Aéronautique Militaire. On 21 April 1942 he left Belgium to go to England via Spain. In 1943 he joined the RAF, being retrained in 53 OTU RAF from 4 August 1944. He arrived at the 84th Group Support Unit on 30 September 1944 and went to 609 Sqn on 25 October 1944.
Raymond Parthoens Ereperk is buried in the Cemetery of Brussels-Evere.
Sources:
http://www.woudrichem.net/files/Oorlogsverleden/Almkerk%2009-12-1944.pdf
http://www.baha.be/Webpages/Navigator/Belgian_Aviation_History/ww_ii/609_squadron.htm
http://www.defensie.nl/binaries/defensie/documenten/brochures/2008/04/08/verliesregister-1944/verliesregister-1944.pdf
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almkerk
http://www.maplandia.com/netherlands/noord-brabant/almkerk/
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4796&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
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Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 March 1945 | SW447 | 609 (West Riding) Sqn RAF | 0 | Sommelsdijk, Zuid-Holland | |
w/o |
| 18 March 1945 | PD519 | 609 (West Riding) Sqn RAF | B.77 Gilze-Rijen Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o | |
| 19 March 1945 | JP858 | 609 (West Riding) Sqn RAF | 0 | Voorsterkleipolder, Voorst, Gelderland | |
w/o |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-Jan-2011 14:45 | ThW | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Jan-2012 15:16 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Oct-2013 10:17 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 02-Mar-2014 18:36 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 09-Dec-2015 11:39 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Oct-2019 17:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code] |
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