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| Date: | Monday 22 January 1945 |
| Time: | 10:35 |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MP134 |
| MSN: | 5V- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Uetterath, Heinsberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.78 Eindhoven NL |
Hit by flak and exploded.
The pilot, C/22655 S/L R. G. Crosby RCAF was thrown clear. Injured with a dislocated right shoulder, he pulled the rip cord with his left hand and managed to evade capture for over 36 hours.
Sources:
439 SQN archives
RCAF Overseas the 6th year page 328.
Paradie RCAF database http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=crosby
Back to Normandy https://backtonormandy.org/my-page/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hawker-typhoon/110615-4152437.html
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Apr-2013 09:53 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-May-2013 16:34 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 01-Jun-2013 08:39 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 06-Nov-2017 08:11 | tachel | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Dec-2017 17:52 | tachel | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Jan-2020 18:37 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, ] |
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