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| Date: | Thursday 22 March 1945 |
| Time: | 16:35 LT |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | PD451 |
| MSN: | 5V-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | B.78 Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| B.78 Eindhoven |
Tyre burst on landing, overshot runway & overturned. Pilot safe
Pilot was J/37015 F/O A.W. Saunders RCAF
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5421&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
http://www.thisisme.ca/439squadron/TIGER/439album-8.htm
https://backtonormandy.org/my-page/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hawker-typhoon/13413-Typhoon13413.html
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=saunders
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-Aug-2013 21:55 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Phase, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 29-Aug-2013 21:56 | JINX | Updated [Source, ] |
| 31-Mar-2015 17:38 | Oezil | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 25-May-2015 19:29 | Siczak | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, ] |
| 27-Aug-2017 19:01 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 20-Dec-2017 07:17 | tachel | Updated [Cn, ] |
| 20-Dec-2017 07:17 | tachel | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Mar-2020 20:50 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Source, ] |
| 17-Jun-2022 03:17 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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