Accident Hawker Typhoon Mk IB MN585, Thursday 5 April 1945
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Date:Thursday 5 April 1945
Time:10:00 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic typh model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Hawker Typhoon Mk IB
Owner/operator:247 (China British) Sqn RAF
Registration: MN585
MSN: ZY-H
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:B.86 Helmond Airfield, Noord-Brabant -   Netherlands
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:B.86 Helmond (NL)
Destination airport:B.86 Helmond
Narrative:
Typhoon MN585 Sgt. A.W. Brooks crash-landed the aircraft.05/04/1945

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5507&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
30-Mar-2020 18:15 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
06-Aug-2021 17:32 SF Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator, ]
17-Jun-2022 03:35 Ron Averes Updated [Location, ]

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