Accident Hawker Typhoon Mk Ib JP392,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51649
 
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Date:Saturday 3 July 1943
Time:12:53
Type:Silhouette image of generic typh model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Hawker Typhoon Mk Ib
Owner/operator:56 (Punjab) Sqn RAF
Registration: JP392
MSN: US-
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Heyniusstraat / v.d. Helmkade, Leiden, Zuid-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Matlaske
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by light Flak.
The Typhoon was on a Rhubarb operation to Leiden.
Rhubarb - low-level strike operation mounted in cloudy condition against enemy targets in Occupied Countries

Takeoff time: 12:15
Pilot: F/Sgt. R.G. Gravett 1268706 RAF Oestgeest 13

Sources:

https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2637&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
17-Jul-2018 20:12 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
30-Aug-2018 20:29 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
26-Sep-2018 07:29 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
27-Nov-2019 23:13 Nepa Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator]

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