Accident Hawker Tempest Mk V EJ718,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49687
 
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Date:Sunday 5 November 1944
Time:16:15 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic tpst model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Hawker Tempest Mk V
Owner/operator:56 (Punjab) Sqn RAF
Registration: EJ718
MSN: US-B
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Horst - Tienray, Limburg -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:B.80 Volkel
Destination airport:
Narrative:
The aircraft failed to return from an armed recce operation; crashed.

The RAAF pilot, F/O. A.S. Miller, succumbed to his injuries in a German hospital a few days later. He rests at the Reichswald War Cemetery.

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4645&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
18-Oct-2019 15:03 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
28-Nov-2019 20:43 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]

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