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| Date: | Saturday 28 October 1944 |
| Time: | 08:40 LT |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MN870 |
| MSN: | 5V-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Holthuizerstraat, Twello, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.78 Eindhoven NL |
While engaged in an armed recce operation to Deventer (Overijssel), the aircraft was hit by Flak from Deventer, exploded in mid air and crashed.
The 21-year-old pilot, Flying Officer Maurice Preston Laycock, did not survive and is buried at Terwolde cemetery; grave 8A 1 8. The inscription reads:
"ARE WE WORTHY OF THEM, O GOD?"
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4586&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Paradie RCAF database
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=laycock
Back to Normandy
https://backtonormandy.org/my-page/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hawker-typhoon/110595-4152417.html
Veterans Affairs Canada
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2648311
439 SQN archives
Google Maps
2019 Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Dec-2017 21:15 | tachel | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Oct-2019 08:42 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Jan-2020 02:23 | tachel | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 18-Jun-2022 05:32 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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