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| Date: | Friday 6 October 1944 |
| Time: | 08:30 |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MN805 |
| MSN: | I8-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rheinischer Bahnhof railway station at Geldern, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B-78 Eindhoven NL |
Last seen diving on target, never pulled out although no Flak was observed by rest of flight. (Sqn records)
Pilot was J/13484 Charles Sidney Aistrop AFC (RCAF)
The aircraft had taken off at 07:55 hrs to dive bomb marshalling yards at Geldern. 2 x 1000 lb. bombs with 0.25 tail fusing were used.
The damage was assessed as 99%.
Sources:
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=440+sqd+%28rcaf%29
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=MN805
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=13484
440 Squadron (RCAF) records
Bruchunterlagen (German contemporary report)
Google Maps
Typhoon Legacy Co. Ltd.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Jan-2021 17:43 | tachel | Added |
| 04-Jan-2021 17:48 | tachel | Updated [Cn, ] |
| 05-Jun-2021 12:04 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, ] |
| 21-Dec-2021 09:46 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source, ] |
| 21-Dec-2021 09:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Dec-2021 09:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, ] |
| 21-Dec-2021 10:12 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, ] |
| 21-Dec-2021 10:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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