ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49691
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| Date: | Saturday 4 November 1944 |
| Time: | 16:00 LT |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 247 (China British) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PD603 |
| MSN: | ZY-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 'Het Loo' palace, Apeldoorn, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.78 Eindhoven |
The aircraft took off at 15:45 hrs for a rocket attack operation.
While attacking the headquarters of Seyß-Inquart at Apeldoorn, the aircraft was hit by Flak and crashed.
Seyß-Inquart was the Reichskommissar für die Niederlande (the Netherlands), a high-positioned Nazi.
The pilot, F/Lt. D.R. WALLACE - did not survive:
"YOU NEVER WERE NOR NEVER WILL BE FORGOTTEN, DAVIE DEAR"
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4639&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
2019 Commonwealth War Graves Commission
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Seyss-Inquart
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 September 1944 | MN998 | 247 (China British) Sqn RAF | 1 | 5 km southeast of Boxtel, Noord-Brabant | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Aug-2013 12:10 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Mar-2015 06:16 | Lixon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 17-Oct-2019 19:41 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Aug-2021 10:07 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator] |
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