ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49171
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| Date: | Saturday 10 February 1945 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 197 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PD447 |
| MSN: | OV-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Sevenum, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.89 Mill |
| Kalkar (Germany) |
P/O Derek E.Tapson was shot over Kalkar in Germany in an attack on a German headquarter.
Fortunately he managed to open his parachute and landed in occupied territory. He was kept prison for a few months but he was treated well at that time by the Germans. The aircraft crashed in Sevenum in the south east of The Netherlands in an area called Ulfterhoek. In October 2015 Derek Tapson received together with other RAF veterans the "Légion d'Honneur" Derek Tapson was a Typhoon pilot on D-Day against a force majeure of German tanks. He was active as a pilot during the entire period of the invasion in Normandy.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5235A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Source: Heemkundevereniging Sevenum
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Apr-2013 13:49 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 02-May-2013 18:19 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 29-Aug-2013 21:48 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 31-Mar-2015 17:31 | Oezil | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 19-Dec-2017 18:57 | pietsnellen | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Feb-2020 10:42 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source] |
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