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| Date: | Sunday 24 December 1944 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 438 (Wild Cat) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MP178 |
| MSN: | F3-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Schmidtheim -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.78 Eindhoven NL |
Aircraft flown by (J92955) P/O R.F. Breen 438 SQN RCAF. Aircraft on armed recce, hit by accurate German FLAK below 600 feet AGL while straffing enemy vehicles, too low to bale out. Pilot perished in crash.
Sources:
438 SQN RCAF archives.
National archives of Canada
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Nov-2017 18:41 | tachel | Added |
| 17-Dec-2017 08:06 | tachel | Updated [Cn, ] |
| 08-Nov-2020 16:52 | tachel | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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