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| Date: | Wednesday 11 October 1944 |
| Time: | 15:35 LT |
| Type: |  Hawker Tempest Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 274 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EJ604 |
| MSN: | JJ- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | B.82 Grave airfield -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.80 Volkel - takeoff 15:00 hrs |
Patrol - Nijmegen area.
The plane made a sudden dive and the pilot managed to parachute from the plane. He died as the parachute malfunctioned.
The pilot P/O Frederick Alan Wilks is buried at Jonkerbos War Cemetery Nijmegen; grave 17 G 6.
Sources:
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T4524
book 'Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd'
https://www.bhic.nl/ontdekken/verhalen/crashes-tussen-ravenstein-en-grave
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Mar-2019 10:43 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Oct-2019 14:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Jun-2022 03:10 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 06-Oct-2022 14:56 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source] |
| 06-Oct-2022 14:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
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