Flight of Typhoon Ib MN589 and Flying Officer S Angelini on 1945-01-01

At the date of 01-01-1945, time: 09h30, Pilot S Angelini (Flying Officer, RCAF) with servicenumber J/37114 flew a Typhoon Ib with serial MN589 (squadron code 5V0B) for this duty: unknown operation. His mission was not completed. Circumstances of the aircraft loss: shot down by enemy fighter 2 km se of Rips (Municipality Milheeze). This aircraft was a part of squadron no. 439. The location for the map is Rips Netherlands. Circumstances at the end of this mission for Angelini: he was killed, his body was found in the wreckage. He is commemorated at: Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery Netherlands