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| Date: | Monday 1 January 1945 |
| Time: | 15:00 |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 183 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EK497 |
| MSN: | HF-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Zutendaal, Limburg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.77 Gilze-Rijen, the Netherlands |
| Y.29 Asch |
Takeoff for a transition flight.
This Typhoon was shot down by mistake by a USAAF P-51 Mustang on the afternoon of 1/1/45.
The American aircraft belonged to the 352nd Fighter Group.
F/O (138.091) Donald WEBBER (pilot) RAFVR - killed; was laid to rest at Margraten cemetery in the Netherlands
Later interred in the Venray War Cemetery; grave 7 F 3.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4935&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://aircrewremembered.com/webber-donald.html
Google Maps
Aeroplane Monthly.
RAF Fighter Command Losses of the Second World War Volume 3.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Nov-2009 23:26 | NePa | Updated |
| 04-Mar-2011 20:34 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Operator, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-May-2013 05:15 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 28-May-2013 20:02 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Phase, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Oct-2013 10:18 | JINX | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 05-Mar-2014 10:23 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, ] |
| 25-Apr-2017 16:54 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Aug-2017 18:37 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 13-Nov-2019 09:43 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Mar-2020 16:54 | Anon. | Updated [Source, ] |
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