ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49796
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| Date: | Thursday 5 October 1944 |
| Time: | 13:00 LT |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 197 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JR366 |
| MSN: | OV-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | De Klomp, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.70 Antwerp/Deurne, Belgium |
While engaged in an armed recce operation, the aircraft was hit by Flak and crashed.
The 22-year-old RCAF pilot, F/O. H.F. Wakeman, did not survive and is buried at Veenendaal, directly next to De Klomp, but in the province of Utrecht.
"HUSH! BLESSED ARE THE DEAD IN JESUS' ARMS WHO REST, FOR EVER ON HIS BREAST"
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4461&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
2019 Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Images:
Veenendaal, the 19th of October 2019 (TT)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-Oct-2019 15:41 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Oct-2019 17:16 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative, Photo] |
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