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| Date: | Tuesday 23 January 1945 |
| Time: | 15:00 |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | RB325 |
| MSN: | I8-X |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Dremmen, Heinsberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.78 Eindhoven, the Netherlands |
Aircraft set afire by flak during dive into target. No chute observed, perished in crash.
Pilot was J/13485 F/L Harold Byers (RCAF). He was laid to rest at Margraten cemetery in Limburg, the Netherlands. Later, he was re-interred into the Nederweert cemetery; grave 4 A 8.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5158A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Veterans Affairs Canada http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2961450
440 Squadron (RCAF) DND records
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=J%2F13485
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 15-Jul-2018 19:02 | tachel | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Jan-2020 20:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Jan-2021 17:10 | tachel | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
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