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| Date: | Sunday 24 December 1944 |
| Time: | 16:00 LT |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 263 (Fellowship of the Bellows) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | RB335 |
| MSN: | HE- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Stationsweg road, Woudenberg, Utrecht -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.70 Antwerp/Deurne (B) |
Operation - armed recce.
According to an eyewitness, the aircraft was hit by cannon fire from another Typhoon.
The Canadian pilot, F/Lt. L.A. Unwin, did not survive and is buried at Woudenberg; grave 180.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4835&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Oct-2019 15:45 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Oct-2019 16:31 | TigerTimon | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 27-Nov-2019 11:21 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
| 17-Jun-2022 04:09 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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