ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202895
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| Date: | Monday 22 January 1945 |
| Time: | 10:35 LT |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 438 (Wild Cat) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MP128 |
| MSN: | F3-X |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Monfort, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.78 Eindhoven NL |
Operation - Armed Recce
The aircraft was shot down by accurate German Flak.
F/O. F.R.F. Skelly did not survive and rests at Jonkerbos cemetery in Gelderland; grave 18 F 7.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5148&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
438 squadron archives.
Veterans Affairs Canada
Archives Canada
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 June 1944 | MN346 | 438 (Wild Cat) Sqn RCAF | 0 | B-2 Plumetot Emergency Airfield |  |
sub |
| 27 June 1944 | MN746 | 438 (Wild Cat) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Caen | |
w/o |
| 23 March 1945 | MP138 | 438 (Wild Cat) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Englaish Channel |  |
w/o |
| 26 April 1945 | RB429 | 438 (Wild Cat) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Gnissau, 19 km NW Lübeck (S.-Holstein) |  |
w/o |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Dec-2017 06:50 | tachel | Added |
| 22-Dec-2017 07:24 | tachel | Updated [Cn] |
| 23-Dec-2017 15:10 | tachel | Updated [Cn] |
| 20-Jan-2020 17:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Jan-2020 17:26 | TigerTimon | Updated [Damage] |
| 21-Mar-2021 18:03 | tachel | Updated [Photo] |
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