Incident Hawker Typhoon Mk IB PD475,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49674
 
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Date:Monday 6 November 1944
Time:17:15 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic typh model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Hawker Typhoon Mk IB
Owner/operator:438 (Wild Cat) Sqn RCAF
Registration: PD475
MSN: F3-G
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:2 km NE of B.78 Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant -   Netherlands
Phase: Approach
Nature:Military
Departure airport:B.78 Eindhoven
Destination airport:B.78 Eindhoven
Narrative:
PD475 - Engine failed in circuit, bellylanded & DBF. 6.11.1944

The Canadian pilot, F/O. R.G. Crosby (DFC), was injured.

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4653&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
3 August 1944 MN321 438 (Wild Cat) Sqn RCAF 1 Ondefontaine, (10 km South West of Villers Bocage) w/o
7 October 1944 MP135 438 (Wild Cat) Sqn RCAF 1 near Coesfeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
30-Aug-2013 03:23 JINX Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
31-Mar-2015 06:17 Lotos Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative]
25-May-2015 19:18 Lotos Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport]
18-Oct-2019 19:12 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]
18-Oct-2019 19:12 TigerTimon Updated [Departure airport]
17-Jun-2022 03:09 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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