ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49797
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| Date: | Thursday 5 October 1944 |
| Time: | 11:35 |
| Type: |  Hawker Tempest Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 274 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EJ709 |
| MSN: | JJ- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | along Tielsestraat, Opheusden, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.82 Grave |
While engaged in an armed recce operation, the aircraft was hit by Flak.
The RNzAF pilot, F/O. G.T. Kinnell, performed a forced landing and was taken prisoner of war.
The Tempest was salvaged by the 2./Versuchsverband O.K.L. and ferried to Fliegerhorst Finow in Brandenburg, Germany.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4460&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.hawkertempest.se/index.php/contributions/stories/129-goering-s-tempest
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 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 |
| 11 October 1944 | EJ604 | 274 Sqn RAF | 1 | B.82 Grave airfield | |
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/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Nov-2014 08:41 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Damage] |
| 01-Nov-2014 08:42 | harro | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Narrative] |
| 02-Oct-2019 18:57 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Jun-2022 01:37 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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