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| Date: | Monday 1 January 1945 |
| Time: | 16:15 |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 193 (Fellowship of the Bellows) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | RB218 |
| MSN: | DP- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Zaltbommel shipyard, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.70 Antwerp/Deurne, Belgium |
The aircraft failed to return from an armed recce operation.
F/Lt (104.559) Alfred Stewart SMITH (pilot) RAFVR - killed / Zaltbommel cemetery; grave A 4
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4936&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft PA100 - RZ999, published 1992
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Zaltbommel cemetary
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Nov-2009 23:26 | NePa | Updated |
| 14-Apr-2013 10:56 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-May-2013 18:10 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 28-May-2013 20:05 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 13-Nov-2019 10:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 13-Nov-2019 10:04 | TigerTimon | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 28-May-2022 17:54 | Anon. | Updated [Photo, ] |
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