ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52349
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| Date: | Sunday 20 June 1943 |
| Time: | c. 12:40 |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 56 (Punjab) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EK174 |
| MSN: | US-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, 15 miles west of Scheveningen -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Matlaske, Norfolk, England |
| RAF Matlaske |
Shot down by ships Flak.
Operation: Roadstead - a fighter operation mounted against shipping.
No.56 Sqdn was scrambled at 12:00 on the 20th of June, 1943, when an enemy convoy was reported to be in the North Sea.
No convoy was found, but a group of four vessels, two minesweepers and two armed trawlers, was seen.
The squadron dived into an attack on these ships.
At the completion of their attack, when the Typhoons were forming up for the return to base, the leader of the squadron called on the R/T to say that his engine was seriously overheating and that he could not make it back to England. A stream of white vapour, presumably coolant, was seen to be coming from the aircraft.
At a height of about 1,200 feet the pilot transmitted a distress call, apparently intending to bale out.
However, no opened parachute was seen and the Typhoon made a steep diving turn and crashed in the sea.
The body of the pilot was found by a German ship and taken to Dunkirk.
40134 Squadron Leader Thomas Henry Vincent PHELOUNG, RNZAF, R.I.P.
Thomas Pheloung is buried at Dunkirk Town Cemetery - Plot 2 Row 4 Grave 15.
Son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Pheloung, of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand; husband of B.L.Pheloung, of Fulham, London.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2486&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
CWGC
Royal Force Fighter Command Losses of the second World war 1942-1943.
https://aircrewremembered.com/pheloung-thomas-henry-vincent.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 20-Feb-2017 15:02 | Red dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Aug-2017 18:37 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 15-Jun-2018 07:56 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Aug-2018 20:27 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 26-Sep-2018 07:27 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 27-Nov-2019 23:13 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 09-Dec-2023 19:27 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
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