ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49506
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| Date: | Sunday 24 December 1944 |
| Time: | 12:35 |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MN665 |
| MSN: | I8-X |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 16 km SE of Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.78 Eindhoven airfield (NL) |
Takeoff at 12:15 hrs for an offensive patrol; the aircraft was shot down by a Fw-190 and crashed.
Pilot was J/25086 F/O Duncan Herbert Cumming (RCAF)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4837&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
440 Squadron records from DND archives
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=440+sqd+rcaf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 January 1945 | PD601 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Montfort, Limburg | |
w/o |
| 23 January 1945 | RB325 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Dremmen, Heinsberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Oct-2019 15:17 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Oct-2019 15:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 24-Feb-2020 13:54 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 07-Jan-2021 19:45 | tachel | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Jun-2022 16:45 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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