ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 155163
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| Date: | Friday 2 February 1945 |
| Time: | 10:30 |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | PD493 |
| MSN: | I8-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Between Legden and Coesfeld (NRW) -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B-78 Eindhoven NL |
Shot down by accurate light flak at 300 feet while strafing a locomotive. Empennage came off aircraft which crashed killing the pilot.
Pilot was J/35987 F/O Gerald Leroy Passmore (RCAF)
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
440 Squadron (RCAF) war time records from DND Canada microfiche.
https://www.thetyphoonproject.org/440/Gerald%20Leroy-Passmore.html
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=35987
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=440+sqd+rcaf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 June 1944 | MN548 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 1 | la Haie, La Vacquerie, Calvados |  |
w/o |
| 3 December 1944 | MN251 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Beatrixkanaal canal at B.78 Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Apr-2013 13:27 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 14-Apr-2013 14:10 | Uli Elch | Updated [Date, Registration, Operator, Location] |
| 10-May-2013 19:48 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 01-Jun-2013 08:58 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 30-Aug-2013 03:35 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Nov-2014 17:01 | wilbur | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location] |
| 11-Jun-2017 14:05 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 27-Aug-2017 18:58 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 24-Feb-2020 13:54 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 30-Jan-2021 19:34 | tachel | Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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