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Flight of Typhoon IB RB333 and Flying Officer I J V Wallace on 1945-01-23

1945-01-23 · Haarle · Netherlands

The story

At the date of 23-01-1945, time: 1520, Hawker Typhoon serial RB333 was hit by flak at lovel and crashed. The location of the plane was found at: Haarle (gem. Hellendoorn). The unit of crew and plane is: 438 Sqdn. First flyer rank: Flying Officer, name: I.J.V. Wallace. The plane belonged to the Allied forces.

Hawker Typhoon IB - RB333 did crash in the area of Haarle - municipality Hellendoorn

J/29904 - Flying Officer - Pilot - Ivan James Vincent Wallace - RCAF - Age 25 - KIA
- of Edmunston, NB, Canada - Grave 17 - Hellendoorn General Cemetery

 

  Ivan James Vincent Wallace

Thanks to PATS (see source link for more info)

 

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