ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 246732
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| Date: | 28-FEB-1945 |
| Time: | 10:45 |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MN581 |
| MSN: | I8- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | West of Wesel -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B-78 Eindhoven NL |
Hit in port wing just outside of bomb rack by very accurate (radar directed) light flak through 10/10 cloud cover. Pilot jettisoned bombs and returned to base for an emergency landing.
Pilot was J41885 F/O Robert McLaurin Gray (RCAF), he was uninjured.
Sources:
440 Squadron RCAF records and flight logs. (Archives Canada & DND)
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=41885
https://www.thetyphoonproject.org/440/Robert%20McLaurin-Gray.html
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=440+sqd+rcaf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jan-2021 19:12 | tachel | Added |
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