ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49819
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| Date: | Monday 2 October 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon IB |
| Owner/operator: | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MN379 |
| MSN: | 5V-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 15 miles W of Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.78 Eindhoven NL |
Damaged by flak, pilot, J/85728 F/O A.C. McBride RCAF, made an emergency landing in no man's land 15 miles from base. He was rescued by a US Army patrol just ahead of approaching German troops.
Sources:
Paradie RCAF databse
439 SQN archives https://www.sitelevel.com/query?crid=37b61bde&slice_title=This%20Site&query=McBride&page=2
Back to Normandy
https://backtonormandy.org/my-page/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hawker-typhoon/110602-4152424.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 January 1945 | RB204 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 0 | west of Middenweg, Dalmsholte, Overijssel | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Dec-2017 19:42 | tachel | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Oct-2020 21:09 | tachel | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Oct-2020 21:10 | tachel | Updated [Narrative] |
| 21-Jun-2022 12:43 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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