ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49707
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| Date: | Friday 3 November 1944 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | JR500 |
| MSN: | 5V-X |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Stuiverstraat, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.78 Eindhoven NL |
The aircraft stalled in a tight turn during a test flight; hit a house and crashed killing the pilot.
The RCAF pilot, F/O. R.N. MacDonald, rests at Groesbeek RCAF cemetery in Gelderland; grave 15 D 15.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4633&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
https://backtonormandy.org/my-page/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hawker-typhoon/12654-Typhoon12654.html
http://www.thisisme.ca/439squadron/TIGER/439album-8.htm
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2231991
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 20-Dec-2017 07:17 | tachel | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Oct-2019 16:06 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Jun-2022 12:42 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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