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| Date: | Friday 30 March 1945 |
| Time: | 14:25 |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 247 (China British) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MM979 |
| MSN: | ZY-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Voorstonden hamlet, Brummen, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The aircraft crashed while engaged in an armed recce operation. Sergeant B.V. Clinton did not survive and rests at Amersfoort cemetery in the province of Utrecht. The grave inscription reads:
"DEARLY BELOVED"
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5459&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
2020 Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-Mar-2020 10:14 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Aug-2021 09:26 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator, ] |
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