The story
On 1945-02-13, Pilot F. Allan Nixon (Flying Officer, RCAF) service number J/35861, flew Typhoon Ib serial RB226 (squadron code F3-H) for this duty: unknown operation. His mission was not completed. Circumstances of the aircraft loss: Flak, crashed near Geldern. This aircraft was a part of squadron no. 438. The location for the map is Geldern Germany. Circumstances at the end of this mission for Nixon: he survived the crash landing and was taken prisonner. F/O Nixon was liberated from a POW camp near Mooseburg (along with 28,000 other prisoners) by General Patton's 3rd Army.
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