ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49927
This information is added by users of ASN. Neither ASN nor the Flight Safety Foundation are responsible for the completeness or correctness of this information.
If you feel this information is incomplete or incorrect, you can submit corrected information.
| Date: | Sunday 24 September 1944 |
| Time: | 17:10 LT |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | PD465 |
| MSN: | 5V-Y |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | behind the house at Keizersveer 5, Raamsdonksveer, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Melsbroek (B.58), Belgium |
Operation - armed recce.
Flew into ground during attack. (John Bradley's research indicates that this aircraft was shot down by enemy fighters from JG-26 while attacking Breda on the 24 Sep 1944).
Pilot was J/25397 F/O Richard Walter Vokey RCAF. He rests at the Bergen op Zoom RCAF cemetery; grave 7 F 10.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4334&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Veterans Affairs Canada http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2642408
Back to Normandy https://backtonormandy.org/my-page/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hawker-typhoon/110594-4152416.html
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Aug-2013 03:07 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Mar-2015 10:50 | Erectus | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 25-May-2015 19:24 | Oezil | Updated [Operator] |
| 27-Aug-2017 18:40 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 19-Dec-2017 17:51 | tachel | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Dec-2017 07:20 | tachel | Updated [Cn] |
| 23-Jun-2018 20:14 | tachel | Updated [Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2018 15:27 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 16-Sep-2019 19:35 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Oct-2020 18:32 | tachel | Updated [Narrative] |
Corrections or additions? ... Edit this accident description
The Aviation Safety Network is an exclusive service provided by:
Quick Links:
| ASN Home | Send Correction / Feedback |
| FSF Home | Disclaimer | Copyright |
| Contact Us | Privacy Policy |
| Press / Media |
CONNECT WITH US:
©2024 Flight Safety Foundation