ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50164
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| Date: | Saturday 9 September 1944 |
| Time: | 13:35 LT |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MP152 |
| MSN: | 5V- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Westerschelde near Hansweert, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.58 Melsbroek, Belgium |
Takeoff at 12:26 hrs for an armed recce operation in the Vlissingen area.
During dive bombing, the aircraft was hit by Flak. The pilot parachuted behind enemy lines and was taken prisoner of war:
J/21152 F/O G.W. Hewson RCAF
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3994&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/12035-Typhoon12035.html
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=hewson
http://www.thisisme.ca/439squadron/TIGER/439album-8.htm
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 June 1944 | MN417 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | Carpiquet Luftwaffe airfield |  |
w/o |
| 23 June 1944 | MN663 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | SW of Caen | |
w/o |
| 18 July 1944 | MN574 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Mesnil-Frementel | |
w/o |
| 19 August 1944 | PD448 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Near Vimoutiers, 50 km SE of Caen | |
w/o |
| 27 September 1944 | PD458 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Near Goch, 9 km N of Laarbruch (NRW) |  |
w/o |
| 5 October 1944 | MN765 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Roman Catholic church at Zevenaar, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 22 October 1944 | MP136 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | Graafseweg road, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 11 November 1944 | MN547 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | Follega, Friesland | |
sub |
| 19 November 1944 | MN357 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | Maaseik, Limburg |  |
w/o |
| 19 November 1944 | PD607 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 1 | 10 miles NE of Roermond, Limburg | |
sub |
| 21 November 1944 | MN124 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Rhede | |
w/o |
| 3 December 1944 | MN348 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Burden | |
w/o |
| 15 December 1944 | PD478 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Near Haltern, 11 km NNE Marl (NRW) | |
w/o |
| 24 December 1944 | PD492 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Düren (NRW), 6 km SE | |
w/o |
| 24 December 1944 | MN894 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Mayen | |
w/o |
| 26 December 1944 | PD459 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | B.78 Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 27 December 1944 | MP145 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | near Saint Vith, Liège | |
w/o |
| 29 December 1944 | MN791 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | Coesfeld | |
w/o |
| 20 January 1945 | RB317 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | Laffeld (NRW) | |
w/o |
| 22 January 1945 | MP134 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | Uetterath, Heinsberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 22 January 1945 | MN424 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | NW of Eersel, Noord-Brabant | |
sub |
| 30 March 1945 | RB435 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 1 | 7 km south of Lengerich, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 2 April 1945 | MN581 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | Nordhorn, GB, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 23 April 1945 | SW525 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | Ratzeburg | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 22-Dec-2017 07:29 | tachel | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Aug-2019 17:31 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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