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| Date: | Sunday 14 January 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 247 (China British) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R8688 |
| MSN: | ZY-X |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hoekgraaf, Bergharen, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.86 Helmond (NL) |
Typhoon R8666 The aircraft was shot down in error by two USAAF P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft when flying an armed recce operation.14/01/1945 and crashed against an earthen wall along the Old Wetering near Hoekgraaf in Bergharen
Crew:
F/Sgt Dudley Crofton HORN (pilot) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5097&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
RAF casualties 1945
Jan van Gelderstichting, Bergharen, NL
Google Maps
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2647850/horn,-dudley-crofton/
Images:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Aug-2014 11:31 | Mr.BigHealey | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Aug-2014 11:40 | Anon. | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 19-Oct-2014 07:47 | Bodie R. | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 08-Jan-2020 12:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Jan-2020 12:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 08-Jan-2020 14:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Aug-2021 09:29 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 06-Oct-2024 06:50 | tuppie65 | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, ] |
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