Gear-up landing Incident Hawker Typhoon Mk IB PD564,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49170
 
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Date:Saturday 10 February 1945
Time:day
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: PD564
MSN: 5V-M
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:B.86 Helmond Airfield, Noord-Brabant -   Netherlands
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:B.78 Eindhoven NL
Destination airport:
Narrative:
PD564 - Engine failed on air test, bellylanded and burst into flames.
Pilot was R/164360 WO Bud Propas. Suffered severe burns and broken skull.

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5236&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
http://www.thisisme.ca/439squadron/TIGER/439album-8.htm
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=propas
https://backtonormandy.org/my-page/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hawker-typhoon/13208-Typhoon13208.html

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
8 August 1944 JR521 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF 0 Saint-Germain-d'Ectot w/o
3 May 1945 SW443 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF 1 Near Pinneberg w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
30-Aug-2013 11:56 JINX Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]
31-Mar-2015 17:32 Oezil Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative]
25-May-2015 19:28 Heil Updated [Operator]
27-Aug-2017 18:58 Nepa Updated [Operator]
20-Dec-2017 07:17 tachel Updated [Cn, Departure airport]
22-Dec-2017 07:29 tachel Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative]
07-Feb-2020 10:46 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source]
17-Jun-2022 03:33 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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