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| Date: | Wednesday 18 October 1944 |
| Time: | 12:45 LT |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 266 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PD513 |
| MSN: | ZH- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kessel, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.70 Antwerp/Deurne, Belgium |
While engaged in an armed recce operation, hit by Flak and abandoned.
The pilot, F/Lt. D. McGibbon, was taken prisoner of war.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4552&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Aug-2013 07:45 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Mar-2015 10:53 | Route | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 02-Jun-2015 13:01 | Charlie Harper | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 11-Jun-2017 13:50 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Aug-2017 18:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 09-Oct-2019 17:46 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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