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| Date: | Saturday 14 October 1944 |
| Time: | 10:30 |
| Type: | Taylorcraft Auster AOP.IV |
| Owner/operator: | 658 (AOP) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MT142 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Westerbeek, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | grass strip at Escharen, Noord-Brabant |
While engaged in a recce flight, hit by friendly fire and crashed. The pilot, Lieutenant John Arthur Hill, died in the crash and rests at the Overloon War Cemetery; grave I D 10.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4537&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
https://www.bhic.nl/ontdekken/verhalen/neergestorte-vliegtuigen-in-oploo-en-sint-anthonis-1940-1945
book 'Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd' for airfield
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 31-Oct-2018 14:32 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Oct-2019 05:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Oct-2019 15:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, ] |
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