ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50719
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| Date: | Wednesday 18 October 1944 |
| Time: | 12:50 LT |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 182 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MN248 |
| MSN: | XM- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Heide, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.78 Eindhoven |
While engaged in an armed recce operation, the aircraft was hit by Flak and crashed.
The pilot, F/O. S.T. Byer, did not survive and is buried at Venray War Cemetery; grave 2 E 4.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4549&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 September 1944 | MN599 | 182 Sqn RAF | 1 | south of the Looveer hamlet, Huissen, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 12 October 1944 | PD477 | 182 Sqn RAF | 0 | Kevelaersdijk road, Sevenum, Limburg | |
w/o |
| Gear-up landing | ||||||
| 2 November 1944 | MN699 | 182 Sqn RAF | 1 | Meijel, Limburg | |
w/o |
| 29 November 1944 | PD552 | 182 Sqn RAF | 1 | 8 km north of Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 1 January 1945 | MN823 | 182 Sqn RAF | 0 | B.78 Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 1 January 1945 | MN768 | 182 Sqn RAF | 0 | B.78 Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 1 January 1945 | JP654 | 182 Sqn RAF | 0 | B.78 Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 1 February 1945 | RB276 | 182 Sqn RAF | 1 | 12 km N of Hasselt, Limburg |  |
w/o |
| 23 February 1945 | MN422 | 182 Sqn RAF | 0 | 5 km SSE of Helmond, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Oct-2019 17:21 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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