ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50643
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| Date: | Saturday 20 January 1945 |
| Time: | 10:35 |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 438 (Wild Cat) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | PD446 |
| MSN: | F3-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | B.78 Airfield, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.78 Eindhoven |
| B.78 Eindhoven |
Operation - Armed Recce.
Damaged by Flak and due to fuel shortage, engine quit in circuit. Pilot crash-landed wheels up. He escaped unhurt but the aircraft burned.
Pilot - J20030 F/Lt. Edmund John Donald McKay (RCAF)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5141&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
https://www.thetyphoonproject.org/438/Edmund%20J.%20D.-McKay.html
https://aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=438sqn+%28RCAF%29&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
438 Sqn war time records from historical micrifilms
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 August 1944 | MN347 | 438 (Wild Cat) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Orbec |  |
w/o |
| 18 October 1944 | MN555 | 438 (Wild Cat) Sqn RCAF | 0 | near Angerlo, Gelderland | |
w/o |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-Aug-2013 21:47 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Mar-2015 15:13 | SIS07 | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport] |
| 25-May-2015 19:22 | Zeeland | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
| 18-Jan-2020 20:06 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jan-2020 20:06 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 21-Mar-2021 18:02 | tachel | Updated [Photo] |
| 16-Jun-2022 04:51 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 16-Jun-2022 04:54 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 04-Dec-2023 20:49 | tachel | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Dec-2023 20:49 | tachel | Updated [Time] |
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