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| Date: | Wednesday 21 February 1945 |
| Time: | 13:15 LT |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 438 (Wild Cat) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | PD476 |
| MSN: | F3-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | northeast of Piershil, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B-78 Eindhoven NL |
Hit by flak while attacking V-1 site.
The pilot, R/90970 WO2 Gordon R. Errington, bailed out, was captured and became a POW. He returned to England on May 11, 1945.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5278&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
https://sites.google.com/site/wo2vpr1/home/1945-02-21-typhoon
438 SQN RCAF archives
Images:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Aug-2013 03:26 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 31-Mar-2015 17:35 | Oezil | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 25-May-2015 19:21 | Unitex | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 13-Dec-2016 13:41 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Dec-2017 20:37 | tachel | Updated [Cn, ] |
| 17-Dec-2017 08:14 | tachel | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Jan-2020 23:00 | tachel | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 20-Jan-2020 23:01 | tachel | Updated [Departure airport, ] |
| 20-Jan-2020 23:03 | tachel | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 15-Feb-2020 20:29 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Oct-2020 23:55 | tachel | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Mar-2021 18:05 | tachel | Updated [Photo, ] |
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