Incident Hawker Typhoon Mk IB PD451,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48983
 
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Date:Thursday 22 March 1945
Time:16:35 LT
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: PD451
MSN: 5V-A
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:B.78 Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant -   Netherlands
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:B.78 Eindhoven
Narrative:
Tyre burst on landing, overshot runway & overturned. Pilot safe
Pilot was J/37015 F/O A.W. Saunders RCAF

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5421&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
https://backtonormandy.org/my-page/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hawker-typhoon/13413-Typhoon13413.html
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=saunders

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
1 January 1945 MN869 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF 0 B.78 Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
29-Aug-2013 21:55 JINX Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Phase, Destination airport, Narrative]
29-Aug-2013 21:56 JINX Updated [Source]
31-Mar-2015 17:38 Oezil Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
25-May-2015 19:29 Siczak Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport]
27-Aug-2017 19:01 Nepa Updated [Operator]
20-Dec-2017 07:17 tachel Updated [Cn]
20-Dec-2017 07:17 tachel Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Source, Damage, Narrative]
16-Mar-2020 20:50 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Source]
17-Jun-2022 03:17 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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