ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50999
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| Date: | Saturday 29 January 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 609 (West Riding) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JP662 |
| MSN: | PR-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea off Walcheren, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Manston |
Missing from a Ramrod operation. The body of the Belgian pilot, Léon Henrion, was never found.
Ramrod - bomber raid escorted by fighters aimed at destruction of a specific target in daylight
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3335&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/typhoon-jp662-voor-walcheren-l%C3%A9on-henrion
http://www.belgian-wings.be/Webpages/Navigator/Belgian_Aviation_History/ww_ii/609_squadron.htm
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 March 1945 | PD449 | 609 (West Riding) Sqn RAF | 0 | B.77 Gilze-Rijen Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 13 April 1945 | RB250 | 609 (West Riding) Sqn RAF | 1 | Nederasselt, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| Mid-air collision | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-Aug-2018 13:58 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Jan-2019 09:35 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 22-Jan-2019 11:49 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 15-Jun-2022 16:29 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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