Accident Hawker Typhoon Mk IB MP151, Thursday 22 February 1945
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Date:Thursday 22 February 1945
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic typh model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
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
Destination airport:
Narrative:
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/timeContributorUpdates
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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