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| Date: | Monday 1 January 1945 |
| Time: | 10:00 |
| Type: |  North American P-51 Mustang Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 268 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | FD558 |
| MSN: | -H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | B.77 Gilze-Rijen Airfield, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.77 Gilze-Rijen (NL) |
Took off at 08:32 hrs for a tactical recce operation.
The aircraft was attacked and damaged during taxiing after landing, due to the major Luftwaffe air offensive against the Allied airfields on 1/1/1945, Operation Bodenplatte.
Pilot - F/Lt. J.B. Lyke
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4893&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Radio letter from log books via C. Ford
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-Mar-2009 23:36 | angels one five | Updated |
| 18-Feb-2010 10:27 | NePa | Updated [Time, Operator, ] |
| 12-Aug-2014 15:52 | Lotos | Updated [Location, Departure airport, ] |
| 13-Nov-2019 10:35 | TigerTimon | Updated [Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, ] |
| 04-Nov-2021 12:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Jun-2022 11:06 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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