Incident Hawker Typhoon Mk Ib JP516,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51431
 
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Date:Saturday 28 August 1943
Time:19:58
Type:Silhouette image of generic typh model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Hawker Typhoon Mk Ib
Owner/operator:198 Sqn RAF
Registration: JP516
MSN: TP-O
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:near hamlet Scherpbier, 2 km south of Groede, Zeeland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Manston, Kent
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Hit by heavy Flak from the 2. and 6./Marine-Flak-Abteilung 810 and 7./schwere Flak-Abteilung 202 (o).
The aircraft was on a Ramrod (bomber raid escorted by fighters aimed at destruction of a specific target in daylight) operation to Knokke, Belgium.

Damage: 35%
Pilot: F/Lt. L.S.B. Scott 62016 RAF Survived POW

Sources:

https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2852&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
28 November 1944 JP900 198 Sqn RAF 0 Beesdseweg-Parallelweg West, Culemborg, Gelderland w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
24-Aug-2018 20:10 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
30-Aug-2018 20:31 Nepa Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]
26-Sep-2018 07:30 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]

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