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| Date: | Monday 1 January 1945 |
| Time: | 09:10 LT |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 438 (Wild Cat) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | PD503 |
| MSN: | F3-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | B.78 Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.78 Eindhoven |
PD503 - Shot down during "Unternehmen Bodenplatte".
On takeoff, the aircraft was intercepted and shot down 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.
F/O (J/37649) Ross Whaley KELLER (pilot) RCAF killed.
He was #2 to the flight leader who was also killed on take off.
Airfield attacked by 90+ Luftwaffe aircraft.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4941&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://aircrewremembered.com/keller-ross-whaley.html
book 'Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd'
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
CWGC
438 SQN RCAF archives
Veterans Affairs Canada
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=7789&highlight=bodenplatte+b%E4r
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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 10:41 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-May-2013 16:32 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 01-Jun-2013 08:37 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Phase, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Aug-2013 03:49 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 31-Mar-2015 11:17 | King T. | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 31-Mar-2015 11:19 | Tu104 | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 25-May-2015 19:19 | Heil | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, ] |
| 17-Dec-2017 08:05 | tachel | Updated [Time, Cn, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 13-Nov-2019 08:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Mar-2020 16:54 | Anon. | Updated [Source, ] |
| 21-Mar-2021 17:59 | tachel | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 16-Jun-2022 04:46 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 16-Jun-2022 04:56 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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