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| Date: | Saturday 20 January 1945 |
| Time: | 10:30 LT |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 257 (Burma) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | RB319 |
| MSN: | FM-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Aloise Polder at Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.70 Antwerp/Deurne, Belgium |
Operation: Armed Recce - Leiden.
The aircraft crashed due to icing.
F/Lt. H.Y. Lao did not survive and is buried in Dordrecht; grave A 15.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5140&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Jan-2020 19:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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