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| Date: | Sunday 21 January 1945 |
| Time: | 13:10 |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | PD601 |
| MSN: | I8-X |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Montfort, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.78 Eindhoven |
While flying Close Air Support, the aircraft was hit by Flak and exploded in mid air.
The pilot, J25840 F/O Percy Harold Kearse (RCAF), did not survive and rests at Jonkerbos cemetery in Gelderland; grave 18 F 6.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5144&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=440+sqd+rcaf
https://www.thetyphoonproject.org/440/Percy%20Harold-Kearse.html
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=25840
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Aug-2013 12:08 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Nov-2014 17:00 | weeks | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 18-Jan-2020 21:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Jan-2020 21:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 18-Jan-2021 15:57 | tachel | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, ] |
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