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| Date: | Monday 14 May 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 438 (Wild Cat) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | RB446 |
| MSN: | F3- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Flensburg Luftwaffe airfield (S.-Holstein) -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.150 Hustedt |
Pilot was R/211126 F/Sgt Arthur G. Wilks RCAF.
Air in a fuel line caused fuel starvation when selecting from drop tanks to internal. Engine quit, aircraft landed on the still German held airfield (later B166) at Flensburg. Engine restarted on ground but quit again just after take off at approximately 300 feet AGL forcing pilot to belly land in a field. He returned to his home field the next morning with only a few scratches.
Sources:
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft PA100 - RZ999, published 1992
https://www.thetyphoonproject.org/438/A.%20G.-Wilks.html
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=rb446
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=211126
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Apr-2013 12:58 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 14-Apr-2013 13:13 | Uli Elch | Updated [Date, Registration, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 08-May-2013 16:45 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 01-Jun-2013 08:42 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 11-Jun-2017 14:15 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Location, ] |
| 27-Aug-2017 18:58 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 27-Oct-2020 01:31 | tachel | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Oct-2020 01:51 | tachel | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 27-Oct-2020 02:02 | tachel | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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