ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49304
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| Date: | Monday 1 January 1945 |
| Time: | 09:20 |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 438 (Wild Cat) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | PD556 |
| MSN: | F3-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | B.78 Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.78 Eindhoven |
Damaged during "Unternehmen Bodenplatte"
The aircraft was strafed during the takeoff roll by fighter pilot Major Heinz Bär of the Stab/JG 3, who was flying a Focke-Wulf Fw 190 D-9 from Lippspringe airfield in Germany.
The pilot throttled back, pulled to the side of the runway where he climbed out of the aircraft. He had suffered a wound in the lower stomach and died a few minutes after admittance to Sick Quarters. He had taken command of 438 Sqn that very morning and was leading his very first mission as CO.
F/Lt (J/9876) Peter WILSON / RCAF / succumbed to his injuries and was laid to rest at Woensel (Eindhoven) cemetery; now buried at Groesbeek RCAF cemetery in Gelderland; grave 15 D 1.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4942&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://aircrewremembered.com/wilson-peter.html
438 Sqn records from DND Canada Archives microfilms
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
CWGC
book 'Bodenplatte, the Luftwaffe's Last Hope'
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 September 1944 | PD479 | 438 (Wild Cat) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Near Nijmegen, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 23 April 1945 | RB342 | 438 (Wild Cat) Sqn RCAF | 1 | near Lüneburg (Niedersachsen) |  |
mis |
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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 10:43 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-May-2013 16:33 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 01-Jun-2013 08:38 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Phase, Narrative] |
| 30-Aug-2013 11:53 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Mar-2015 11:18 | JEPA | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 25-May-2015 19:20 | Gloug | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source] |
| 13-Nov-2019 09:37 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Nov-2019 09:38 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 03-Jan-2020 18:40 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Mar-2020 16:54 | Anon. | Updated [Source] |
| 21-Mar-2021 18:00 | tachel | Updated [Photo] |
| 25-Mar-2021 18:58 | tachel | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Mar-2021 18:59 | tachel | Updated [Narrative] |
| 16-Jun-2022 04:45 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 16-Jun-2022 04:56 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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