Accident Hawker Typhoon Mk IB MN344, Thursday 8 February 1945
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Date:Thursday 8 February 1945
Time:09:30 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic typh model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Hawker Typhoon Mk IB
Owner/operator:198 Sqn RAF
Registration: MN344
MSN: TP-Q
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.77 Gilze-Rijen
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Operation - Armed Recce
Damaged by Flak, the aircraft was put down on fire in an emergency-landing.

Pilot / F/Lt. G.S. Chalmers

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5225&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
05-Feb-2020 11:39 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
17-Jun-2022 03:33 Ron Averes Updated [Location, ]

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