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| Date: | Monday 23 April 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | SW525 |
| MSN: | 5V- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ratzeburg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.100 Goch Germany |
Damaged by flak. Crash landed behind enemy lines. POW
Pilot was J/16210 Flight Lieutenant J H McCullough RCAF
Sources:
Back to Normandy https://backtonormandy.org/my-page/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hawker-typhoon/110611-4152433.html
439 SQN RCAF archives
Paradie RCAF database http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=McCullough
The RCAF overseas the 6th year page 339
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Dec-2017 07:17 | tachel | Added |
| 12-Oct-2020 00:44 | tachel | Updated [Total fatalities, ] |
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