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| Date: | Saturday 10 February 1945 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | PD564 |
| MSN: | 5V-M |
| 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.78 Eindhoven NL |
PD564 - Engine failed on air test, bellylanded and burst into flames.
Pilot was R/164360 WO Bud Propas. Suffered severe burns and broken skull.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5236&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
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=propas
https://backtonormandy.org/my-page/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hawker-typhoon/13208-Typhoon13208.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Aug-2013 11:56 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 31-Mar-2015 17:32 | Oezil | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 25-May-2015 19:28 | Heil | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 27-Aug-2017 18:58 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 20-Dec-2017 07:17 | tachel | Updated [Cn, Departure airport, ] |
| 22-Dec-2017 07:29 | tachel | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Feb-2020 10:46 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, ] |
| 17-Jun-2022 03:33 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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