ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 163401
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| Date: | Friday 30 April 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 609 (West Riding) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R8883 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Sea, off the South Foreland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Manston, Kent |
| RAF Manston |
R8883 (K). Crashed in the sea during a routine patrol.
Pilot missing, believed killed.
P/O (134768) Maurice Lucien Van NESTE (Belgian) RAFVR.
R.I.P.
See also accident to Spitfire P7828, 24/2/43.
Sources:
RAF Casualties-1943
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Jan-2014 00:32 | angels one five | Added |
| 26-Jan-2015 09:30 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Location, Source] |
| 02-Apr-2015 19:27 | Dandy | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 10-Apr-2015 10:17 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 18-Apr-2015 17:30 | Digger | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 08-May-2015 09:28 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 08-May-2015 19:06 | INV | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 24-May-2018 05:27 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 30-May-2018 05:50 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
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