ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50160
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| Date: | Sunday 10 September 1944 |
| Time: | 14:29 LT |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 263 (Fellowship of the Bellows) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JP933 |
| MSN: | HE- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | De Wielingen near Cadzand, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Manston, Kent |
On an armed recce operation, the aircraft was hit by Flak and crashed.
The RCAF pilot, F/O. F.S. Le Gear, is missing in action and is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, panel 246.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4002&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
https://www.vvvzeeland.nl/nl/wielingen-oid22808/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 November 1944 | PD506 | 263 (Fellowship of the Bellows) Sqn RAF | 0 | Zalkerbroek, Zalk, Overijssel | |
w/o |
| 18 November 1944 | PD566 | 263 (Fellowship of the Bellows) Sqn RAF | 0 | 'Linnerheide', near Linne, Limburg | |
w/o |
| 24 December 1944 | RB335 | 263 (Fellowship of the Bellows) Sqn RAF | 1 | Stationsweg road, Woudenberg, Utrecht | |
w/o |
| 14 February 1945 | PD467 | 263 (Fellowship of the Bellows) Sqn RAF | 1 | Wetten, Kevelaer, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 19 March 1945 | JR362 | 263 (Fellowship of the Bellows) Sqn RAF | 0 | NE of Deventer, Overijssel | |
w/o |
| 7 April 1945 | RB438 | 263 (Fellowship of the Bellows) Sqn RAF | 0 | Doodsdwarsweg, Bornerbroek, Overijssel | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 31-Aug-2019 18:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Aug-2019 19:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 02-Sep-2019 06:29 | stehlík49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 27-Nov-2019 11:21 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 15-Jun-2022 15:48 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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