ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203479
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| Date: | Saturday 10 June 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MN464 |
| MSN: | 5V-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | RAF Hurn, Hants, Dorset, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hurn Hants |
Formation landing, live 500 lb bomb came off rack of wingman's aircraft and bounced end over end down runway striking starboard landing gear and tearing off wheel, aircraft ground looped.
Crew:
F/O (J/22244) I.W. Smith (pilot) RCAF : uninjured
Sources:
439 SQN archives
http://www.thisisme.ca/439squadron/TIGER/439album-8.htm
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 July 1944 | MN464 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 1 | B.4 Beny-sur-Mer |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Dec-2017 07:28 | tachel | Added |
| 11-Jul-2023 21:24 | Nepa | Updated |
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