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| Date: | Thursday 8 July 1943 |
| Time: | 16:45 |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk Ib |
| Owner/operator: | 247 (China British) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EK224 |
| MSN: | ZY-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nieuwesluis, De Schelde, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bradwell Bay, Essex |
Typhoon EK224 : Hit by light Flak of the 5./Marine-Flak-Abteilung 810 (leichte Flak-Batterie), stationed at Breskens, armed with 6 x 3,7-cm, 7 x 2-cm Flak.
Takeoff at16:10hrs for Operation: Rhubarb - low-level strike operation mounted in cloudy condition against enemy targets in Occupied Countries
Crew:
P/O (NZ.413944) R.W. LORNIE (pilot) RNzAF - killed
Sources:
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2647&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.associations.rafinfo.org.uk/code_names.htm
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Marineflak/MFlakAbt.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Jul-2018 09:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Aug-2018 20:29 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
| 26-Sep-2018 07:30 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 06-Aug-2021 09:31 | SF | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 06-Aug-2021 09:31 | SF | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 23-Jun-2022 07:49 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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