Accident Hawker Tempest Mk V EJ604,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49739
 
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Date:Wednesday 11 October 1944
Time:15:35 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic tpst model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Hawker Tempest Mk V
Owner/operator:274 Sqn RAF
Registration: EJ604
MSN: JJ-
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:B.82 Grave airfield -   Netherlands
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:B.80 Volkel - takeoff 15:00 hrs
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Patrol - Nijmegen area.
The plane made a sudden dive and the pilot managed to parachute from the plane. He died as the parachute malfunctioned.
The pilot P/O Frederick Alan Wilks is buried at Jonkerbos War Cemetery Nijmegen; grave 17 G 6.

Sources:

SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T4524
book 'Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd'
https://www.bhic.nl/ontdekken/verhalen/crashes-tussen-ravenstein-en-grave

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
5 October 1944 EJ709 274 Sqn RAF 0 along Tielsestraat, Opheusden, Gelderland min
6 October 1944 EJ628 274 Sqn RAF 0 B.82 Grave Airfield, Noord-Brabant w/o
7 October 1944 EJ655 274 Sqn RAF 0 near Zwolle, Overijssel w/o
21 November 1944 EJ802 274 Sqn RAF 1 near B.80 Volkel Airfield, Noord-Brabant w/o
8 December 1944 EJ597 274 Sqn RAF 0 B.80 Volkel Airfield, Noord-Brabant w/o
11 December 1944 EJ634 274 Sqn RAF 0 Drempt, Gelderland w/o
3 February 1945 274 Sqn RAF 0 7 km SE of B.80 Volkel Airfield, Noord-Brabant w/o
10 February 1945 EJ751 274 Sqn RAF 0 Eerbeek - Laag-Soeren, Gelderland w/o
24 February 1945 NV705 274 Sqn RAF 0 near Buurse, Haaksbergen, Overijssel w/o
25 February 1945 EJ775 274 Sqn RAF 1 near Kasteel Beverweerd, Werkhoven, Utrecht w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
06-Mar-2019 10:43 gerard57 Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
05-Oct-2019 14:15 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
17-Jun-2022 03:10 Ron Averes Updated [Location]
06-Oct-2022 14:56 TigerTimon Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source]
06-Oct-2022 14:58 TigerTimon Updated [Location]

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