ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159656
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| Date: | Sunday 19 November 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | PD607 |
| MSN: | 5V- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | 10 miles NE of Roermond, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B-78 Eindhoven NL |
Pilot was J/37648 Flying Officer John George Martin RCAF.
Hit by flak and bailed out 10 miles North East of Roermond (Netherlands).
According to eyewitnesses, parachute malfunctioned, opening only in the tree tops. Pilot did not survive his injuries caused by the impact with the ground.
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
https://www.facebook.com/hawkertyphoonRB396/posts/there-were-8-recorded-losses-on-this-day-in-1943-and-1944-with-3-pilots-safe-1-e/2243970165818251/
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1080053
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 June 1944 | MN417 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | Carpiquet Luftwaffe airfield |  |
w/o |
| 23 June 1944 | MN663 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | SW of Caen | |
w/o |
| 18 July 1944 | MN574 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Mesnil-Frementel | |
w/o |
| 19 August 1944 | PD448 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Near Vimoutiers, 50 km SE of Caen | |
w/o |
| 9 September 1944 | MP152 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | Westerschelde near Hansweert, Zeeland | |
w/o |
| 27 September 1944 | PD458 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Near Goch, 9 km N of Laarbruch (NRW) |  |
w/o |
| 5 October 1944 | MN765 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Roman Catholic church at Zevenaar, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 22 October 1944 | MP136 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | Graafseweg road, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 11 November 1944 | MN547 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | Follega, Friesland | |
sub |
| 21 November 1944 | MN124 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Rhede | |
w/o |
| 3 December 1944 | MN348 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Burden | |
w/o |
| 15 December 1944 | PD478 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Near Haltern, 11 km NNE Marl (NRW) | |
w/o |
| 24 December 1944 | PD492 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Düren (NRW), 6 km SE | |
w/o |
| 24 December 1944 | MN894 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Mayen | |
w/o |
| 26 December 1944 | PD459 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | B.78 Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 27 December 1944 | MP145 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | near Saint Vith, Liège |  |
w/o |
| 29 December 1944 | MN791 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | Coesfeld | |
w/o |
| 20 January 1945 | RB317 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | Laffeld (NRW) | |
w/o |
| 22 January 1945 | MP134 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | Uetterath, Heinsberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 22 January 1945 | MN424 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | NW of Eersel, Noord-Brabant | |
sub |
| 30 March 1945 | RB435 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 1 | 7 km south of Lengerich, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 2 April 1945 | MN581 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | Nordhorn, GB, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 23 April 1945 | SW525 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | Ratzeburg | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Aug-2013 12:14 | JINX | Added |
| 31-Mar-2015 11:12 | Lorenzo Lamas | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 25-May-2015 19:25 | Jixn | Updated [Operator] |
| 27-Aug-2017 18:37 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 11-Oct-2020 18:45 | tachel | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Oct-2020 18:59 | tachel | Updated [Narrative] |
| 18-Jun-2022 10:56 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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