ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49551
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Date: | Friday 8 December 1944 |
Time: | 09:45 LT |
Type: | Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
Owner/operator: | 198 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | MN291 |
MSN: | TP-S |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Achterveld, Utrecht -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | B.77 Gilze-Rijen |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 09:25 hrs for an operation.
During an attack on the "Stoutenburg" castle, the aircraft was hit by Flak and crashed.
The Free French pilot, Lt. P.H.A. Brisdoux Gallon D'Istria, did not survive and was initially buried at Oud-Leusden. In 1951, he was reburied at the Cimetière du Père-Lachaise cemetery in Paris, France.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4792&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= Google Maps
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
24-Oct-2019 16:58 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
17-Jun-2022 09:17 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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