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| Date: | Saturday 14 October 1944 |
| Time: | 15:50 LT |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 263 (Fellowship of the Bellows) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R8923 |
| MSN: | HE-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nieuwe Strumpt hamlet, Ulicoten, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.70 Antwerp/Deurne (B) |
While engaged in a Close Air Support (CAS) operation to Breskens (Zeeland), the aircraft collided in mid-air with Typhoon R8923, a machine of the same squadron.
The RAF pilot, F/Lt. D.F. Evans, did not survive (nor did his RCAF colleague F/O. A. Barr) and is buried at Baarle Nassau; grave A 1.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4542&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 |
| 07-Oct-2019 19:50 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Nov-2019 11:23 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
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