Accident Hawker Typhoon Mk IB PD448,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 155175
 
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Date:Saturday 19 August 1944
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic typh model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Hawker Typhoon Mk IB
Owner/operator:439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF
Registration: PD448
MSN: 5V-
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Near Vimoutiers, 50 km SE of Caen -   France
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:B.24 St. Andre
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Took off from for an Armed Reconnaissance over Orbec -Le-Sap-Vimoutiers-Fervaques (Normandy). Shot down by flak. Flt Lt Scharff is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial Panel 244.
Pilot was J/7814 F/L William Kenneth Scharff RCAF

Sources:

Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=5067
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2940968/SCHARFF,%20WILLIAM%20KENNETH
Back to Normandy https://backtonormandy.org/my-page/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hawker-typhoon/110593-4152415.html
Veterans Affairs Canada http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2940968

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
15 June 1944 MN417 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF 0 Carpiquet Luftwaffe airfield w/o
23 June 1944 MN663 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF 0 SW of Caen w/o
18 July 1944 MN574 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF 1 Mesnil-Frementel w/o
9 September 1944 MP152 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF 0 Westerschelde near Hansweert, Zeeland w/o
27 September 1944 PD458 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF 1 Near Goch, 9 km N of Laarbruch (NRW) w/o
5 October 1944 MN765 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF 1 Roman Catholic church at Zevenaar, Gelderland w/o
22 October 1944 MP136 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF 0 Graafseweg road, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant w/o
11 November 1944 MN547 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF 0 Follega, Friesland sub
19 November 1944 MN357 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF 0 Maaseik, Limburg w/o
19 November 1944 PD607 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF 1 10 miles NE of Roermond, Limburg sub
21 November 1944 MN124 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF 1 Rhede w/o
3 December 1944 MN348 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF 1 Burden w/o
15 December 1944 PD478 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF 1 Near Haltern, 11 km NNE Marl (NRW) w/o
24 December 1944 PD492 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF 1 Düren (NRW), 6 km SE w/o
24 December 1944 MN894 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF 1 Mayen w/o
26 December 1944 PD459 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF 0 B.78 Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant w/o
27 December 1944 MP145 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF 0 near Saint Vith, Liège w/o
29 December 1944 MN791 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF 0 Coesfeld w/o
20 January 1945 RB317 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF 0 Laffeld (NRW) w/o
22 January 1945 MP134 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF 0 Uetterath, Heinsberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o
22 January 1945 MN424 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF 0 NW of Eersel, Noord-Brabant sub
30 March 1945 RB435 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF 1 7 km south of Lengerich, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o
2 April 1945 MN581 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF 0 Nordhorn, GB, Niedersachsen w/o
23 April 1945 SW525 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF 0 Ratzeburg w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
14-Apr-2013 14:18 Uli Elch Added
14-Apr-2013 14:47 Uli Elch Updated [Date, Registration, Operator, Location, Country]
10-May-2013 16:46 Nepa Updated [Operator]
01-Jun-2013 08:45 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
29-Aug-2013 21:50 JINX Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative]
31-Mar-2015 06:14 Lixon Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative]
25-May-2015 19:24 King T. Updated [Operator]
03-Jul-2016 15:50 Red Dragon Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
03-Jul-2016 15:50 Red Dragon Updated [Operator]
27-Aug-2017 18:37 Nepa Updated [Operator]
19-Dec-2017 17:52 tachel Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]

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