Typhoon Ib PD572 D lost at Nieuw Scheemda (Hooilaan) on 23-04-1945 (SGLO ref: T5597)
On 1945-04-23, Pilot S E Smith (Warrant Officer, RAAF) with servicenumber AUS.417018 flew a Typhoon Ib with serial PD572 D for this duty: unknown operation. His mission was not completed. Circumstances of the aircraft loss: Shot down by light Flak. Abandoned near Hooilaan, Nieuw Scheemda. This aircraft was a part of squadron no. 609. The location for the map is Nieuw Scheemda Netherlands. Circumstances at the end of this mission for Smith: he was killed. He is commemorated at: Nieuw-Scheemda Protestant Churchyard Netherlands
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Hooilaan, Nieuw Scheemda, Netherlands
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