ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49826
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| Date: | Friday 29 September 1944 |
| Time: | 11:17 |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 438 (Wild Cat) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | PD479 |
| MSN: | F3-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near Nijmegen, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.78 Eindhoven NL |
Takeoff at 09:50 hrs for an armed recce flight. Last seen in a dog fight with enemy aircraft six miles east of Nijmegen.
Shot down by Bf109's either near Nijmegen or SW Bocholt, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
Aircraft piloted by J/27764 F/O John Edgar Cornelison RCAF. He is missing in action and is commemorated on the Addenda of panel 291 at the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4434&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
438 SQN RCAF archives
Veterans Affairs Canada http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2662994
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4434&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 January 1945 | PD556 | 438 (Wild Cat) Sqn RCAF | 1 | B.78 Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 23 April 1945 | RB342 | 438 (Wild Cat) Sqn RCAF | 1 | near Lüneburg (Niedersachsen) |  |
mis |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Aug-2013 03:31 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Mar-2015 10:52 | Erectus | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 25-May-2015 19:17 | Lotos | Updated [Operator] |
| 16-Dec-2017 09:27 | tachel | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Dec-2017 07:24 | tachel | Updated [Cn] |
| 23-Dec-2017 15:58 | tachel | Updated [Cn, Source] |
| 26-Sep-2019 07:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Mar-2021 17:54 | tachel | Updated [Photo] |
| 16-Jun-2022 07:19 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 28-Dec-2023 18:24 | tachel | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
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