ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49627
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| Date: | Tuesday 21 November 1944 |
| Time: | 09:05 |
| Type: |  Hawker Tempest Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 274 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EJ802 |
| MSN: | JJ- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near B.80 Volkel Airfield, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.80 Volkel |
Engine failure just after takeoff. The Tempest crashed just outside the boundary of the airfield.
The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot lost his life.
S/Ldr (100567) John Rolleston Heap RAFVR - killed in a flying accident.
John Heap is buried in Uden (Odiliapeel) Roman Catholic Cemetery.
R.I.P.
Sources:
Verliesregister-1944, ref. no. T4705.
RAF Casualties-1944.
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4705&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 5 October 1944 | EJ709 | 274 Sqn RAF | 0 | along Tielsestraat, Opheusden, Gelderland | |
min |
| 6 October 1944 | EJ628 | 274 Sqn RAF | 0 | B.82 Grave Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 7 October 1944 | EJ655 | 274 Sqn RAF | 0 | near Zwolle, Overijssel | |
w/o |
| 11 October 1944 | EJ604 | 274 Sqn RAF | 1 | B.82 Grave airfield | |
w/o |
| 8 December 1944 | EJ597 | 274 Sqn RAF | 0 | B.80 Volkel Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 11 December 1944 | EJ634 | 274 Sqn RAF | 0 | Drempt, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 3 February 1945 | 274 Sqn RAF | 0 | 7 km SE of B.80 Volkel Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o | |
| 10 February 1945 | EJ751 | 274 Sqn RAF | 0 | Eerbeek - Laag-Soeren, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 24 February 1945 | NV705 | 274 Sqn RAF | 0 | near Buurse, Haaksbergen, Overijssel | |
w/o |
| 25 February 1945 | EJ775 | 274 Sqn RAF | 1 | near Kasteel Beverweerd, Werkhoven, Utrecht | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Nov-2014 21:06 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Apr-2015 17:38 | Koumes | Updated [Time, Operator, Nature, Narrative] |
| 22-Apr-2015 20:06 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Operator, Narrative] |
| 26-Apr-2015 11:04 | Koumes | Updated [Time, Operator, Narrative] |
| 29-May-2018 17:44 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
| 29-Jun-2018 07:20 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 21-Oct-2019 07:11 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source] |
| 16-Jun-2022 08:16 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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