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| Date: | Friday 2 March 1945 |
| Time: | 08:40 LT |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 198 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MN354 |
| MSN: | TP-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Neuss, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.77 Gilze-Rijen, the Netherlands |
Operation - Armed Recce
The aircraft was shot down by USAAF P-51 Mustangs during an RP attack on shipping in the Rhein river.
W/O. W.A. Livesley did not survive and was buried at Margraten cemetery in Limburg, the Netherlands. He now rests at Venray War Cemetery.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5337&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft MA100 - MZ999, published 1991
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Apr-2013 13:36 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-May-2013 18:24 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 28-Feb-2020 20:36 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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