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| Date: | Tuesday 21 November 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MN124 |
| MSN: | 5V- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rhede -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.78 Eindhoven NL |
Shot down by flak, wing blown off, spun into ground.
Aircraft piloted by F/O R A Hiltz, he parachuted behind enemy lines but chute failed to open, body not found. Listed as MIA.
Sources:
439 SQN archives
Veterans Affairs Canada
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2032215
Back to Normandy
https://backtonormandy.org/my-page/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hawker-typhoon/110607-4152429.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Dec-2017 16:53 | tachel | Added |
| 18-Dec-2017 17:59 | tachel | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Dec-2017 18:30 | tachel | Updated [Source, ] |
| 29-Dec-2017 17:11 | tachel | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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