ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50712
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| Date: | Friday 20 October 1944 |
| Time: | 08:30 LT |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | PD469 |
| MSN: | I8-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | G. van der Muelenweg road, Nijverdal, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.78 Eindhoven |
Takeoff at 07:50 hrs for a sweep over the Netherlands.
The aircraft was severely damaged by the blast of a Typhoon bomb while attacking the railway bridge over the Regge river. According to the flight leader and another wingman, the aircraft took heavy damage from intense light flak and exploded in mid air.
The pilot, J/26406 F/O Ronald William Doidge (RCAF), did not survive and is buried at Hellendoorn cemetery; grave 15.
R.I.P.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4561&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
http://nl.tracesofwar.com/artikel/1889/Oorlogsgraven-van-het-Gemenebest-Hellendoorn.htm
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=J%2F26406
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 June 1944 | MN171 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 0 | Near Juvigny |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Aug-2013 03:12 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Sep-2014 18:57 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Nov-2014 16:56 | wilbur | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location] |
| 10-Oct-2019 07:07 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Jan-2021 17:26 | tachel | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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