ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49680
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| Date: | Monday 6 November 1944 |
| Time: | 11:10 |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MN345 |
| MSN: | 5V-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Basseltlaan, Twello, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.78 Eindhoven airfield (NL) |
From 439 Sqn records: "Pilot dove into the target a little too low and got a blast from his own bombs as he was pulling up. The aircraft was streaming glycol, but F/O Brown set a southerly course for Allied territory, reaching Deventer when flak started to come up. F/O Brown took to the silk shortly after the flak was intensified. We do hope he landed safely. This pilot has done 77 operational sorties totalling 80:25 operational hours and giving him a grand total of 703:05 flying hours. It was subsequently learned that he was captured as a POW and was interned at Stalag Luft 3 at Sagan. Number 8662"
From Osprey Combat Aircraft #86 - Typhoon Wings of 2nd TAF 1943-45 by Chris Thomas:
"Delivered to No. 438 Sqn in late April 1944, MN345 was coded F3-D.One of five Typhoons form the unit to be damaged by flak on D-Day, it was repaired by a working party form No. 419 RSU. By late August MN345 was with No 439 Sqn, coded 5V-G and adopted by (J/28760) Flg Off James Albert Brown (RCAF), who named it after his Alberta home town, Peace River.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4654&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
https://backtonormandy.org/my-page/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hawker-typhoon/12678-Typhoon12678.html
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=28760&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
http://www.thisisme.ca/439squadron/TIGER/439album-8.htm
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 August 1944 | MN401 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Vimoutiers |  |
w/o |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Jul-2014 18:12 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Phase, Narrative] |
| 05-Jul-2014 18:12 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities] |
| 22-Dec-2017 07:30 | tachel | Updated [Cn, Departure airport, Source] |
| 01-Jan-2018 15:47 | tachel | Updated [Narrative] |
| 18-Oct-2019 19:16 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Embed code] |
| 24-Feb-2020 19:12 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 20-Feb-2021 16:38 | tachel | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2021 16:55 | tachel | Updated [Narrative] |
| 18-Jun-2022 05:33 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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