Accident Hawker Tempest Mk V EJ546,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 174510
 
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Date:Wednesday 4 April 1945
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic tpst model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Hawker Tempest Mk V
Owner/operator:56 (Punjab) Sqn RAF
Registration: EJ546
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Minden, Haddenhausen -   Germany
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Volkel, (NL)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by German flak during a reconnaissance flight.
The pilot is buried at the British War Cemetery in Hannover, Germany.

Sources:

http://www.spurensuche-owl.de/front_content.php?idart=229

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
14-Mar-2015 14:00 gerard57 Added
27-Mar-2015 19:07 Jixn Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
28-Nov-2019 20:45 Nepa Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]

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