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| Date: | Thursday 22 February 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MP151 |
| MSN: | 5V-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Haldem -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.78 Eindhoven NL |
Drawn into flak trap by Luftwaffe transport aircraft. Crashed near Haldem.
Pilot was J/21837 F/L Bernard Percy Swingler RCAF.
Pilot is commemorated at the Runnymede Memorial, panel 278.
Sources:
439 SQN archives.
The RCAF overseas the 6th year
Paradie RCAF database http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=swingler
Return to Normandy https://backtonormandy.org/my-page/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hawker-typhoon/110603-4152425.html
Veterans Affairs Canada http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1808311
CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Dec-2017 17:52 | tachel | Added |
| 20-Dec-2017 07:17 | tachel | Updated [Cn, ] |
| 29-Jun-2025 12:12 | MMR | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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