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Hawker Typhoon

Source: Harold A Skaarup Web Page (IWM Photo, MH 6864)
Hawker Typhoon Mk. IB (Serial No. RB402), coded 5V-P, of No. 439 Squadron, RCAF, landing at airfield B100, Goch, Germany, ca. 1944

The Hawker Typhoon (Tiffy in RAF slang) is a British single-seat fighter-bomber, produced by Hawker Aircraft. It was intended to be a medium-high altitude interceptor, as a replacement for the Hawker Hurricane but several design problems were encountered and it never completely satisfied this requirement.

The Typhoon was originally designed to mount twelve .303 inch (7.7 mm) Browning machine guns and be powered by the latest 2,000 hp engines. Its service introduction in mid-1941 was plagued with problems and for several months the aircraft faced a doubtful future. When the Luftwaffe brought the formidable Focke-Wulf Fw 190 into service in 1941, the Typhoon was the only RAF fighter capable of catching it at low altitudes; as a result it secured a new role as a low-altitude interceptor.

The Typhoon became established in roles such as night-time intruder and long-range fighter. From late 1942 the Typhoon was equipped with bombs and from late 1943 RP-3 rockets were added to its armoury. With those weapons and its four 20mm Hispano autocannons, the Typhoon became one of the Second World War's most successful ground-attack aircraft.

By 1943, the RAF needed a ground attack fighter more than a "pure" fighter and the Typhoon was suited to the role (and less-suited to the pure fighter role than competing aircraft such as the Spitfire Mk IX). The powerful engine allowed the aircraft to carry a load of up to two 1,000 pounds (450 kg) bombs, equal to the light bombers of only a few years earlier. The bomb-equipped aircraft were nicknamed "Bombphoons" and entered service with No. 181 Squadron, formed in September 1942. Wikipedia

Wkikpedia Wikipedia Hawker Typhoon

General Harold A Skaarup Web Page

YouTube YouTube Hawker Typhoon in action

last update: 2021-09-09 19:34:56

Typhoon DN407

s/n
 DN407

Known Squadron Assignments: ;197


last update: 2024-November-19
1943-May-07 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant John Richard Hill 2024-11-06

Typhoon DN424

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 DN424

Known Squadron Assignments: ;195


last update: 2024-November-19
1943-April-09 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Walter Alexander Dixon 2024-10-22

Typhoon DN444

s/n
 DN444

Known Squadron Assignments: ;247


last update: 2024-November-19
1943-March-19 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Quentin MacPhail Shippee 2021-07-30

Typhoon DN478

s/n
 DN478

Known Squadron Assignments: ;56


last update: 2024-November-19
1943-April-17 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Elvin Newton Cluderay 2024-03-06

Typhoon DN580

s/n
 DN580

Known Squadron Assignments: ;174


last update: 2024-November-19
1943-July-30 PoW RCAF Flying Officer Avery Charles Dunning 2024-10-30

Typhoon DN615

s/n
 DN615

Known Squadron Assignments: ;1


last update: 2024-November-19
1943-March-06 KIA RCAF Flying Officer George Carson Whitmore 2021-07-09

Typhoon EJ924

s/n
 EJ924

Known Squadron Assignments: ;56


last update: 2024-November-19
1945-March-04 KIFA RCAF Pilot Officer Pierre Nicholas Bernhart 2024-11-11

Typhoon EJ961

s/n
 EJ961

Known Squadron Assignments: ;3


last update: 2024-November-19
1943-June-30 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Richard Michael Hastings Purdon 2024-02-21

Typhoon EJ966

s/n
 EJ966

Known Squadron Assignments: ;198


last update: 2024-November-19
1943-July-11 PoW RCAF Flying Officer William Ivan Mouat 2021-05-29

Typhoon EJ989

s/n
 EJ989

Known Squadron Assignments: ;3


last update: 2024-November-19
1943-March-09 PoW RCAF Flying Officer John Milton Downs 2024-10-28

Typhoon EK113

s/n
 EK113

Known Squadron Assignments: ;1


last update: 2024-November-19
1943-December-07 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer James Duncan Fairbairn 2021-08-06

Typhoon EK186

s/n
 EK186

Known Squadron Assignments: ;174


last update: 2024-November-19
1943-May-04 KIA RCAF Flying Officer James William Bromley Reynolds DFC 2021-08-10

Typhoon EK209

s/n
 EK209

Known Squadron Assignments: ;56


last update: 2024-November-19
1943-November-20 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Roland Raymond Amey 2024-11-02

Typhoon EK219

s/n
 EK219

Known Squadron Assignments:

Operated by No. 439 Squadron, RCAF, coded "5V*X". Also used by No. 438 and 440 Squadrons.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon EK228

s/n
 EK228

Known Squadron Assignments: ;1


last update: 2024-November-19
1943-July-15 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer Joseph Maurice Chalifour 2024-01-25

Typhoon EK364

s/n
 EK364

Known Squadron Assignments: ;56


last update: 2024-November-19
1945-March-27 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer George Allan Sullivan 2021-07-21

Typhoon EK432

s/n
 EK432

Known Squadron Assignments: ;83


last update: 2024-November-19
1945-June-26 KIFA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Theos Llewellyn Lewis 2021-10-12

Typhoon JP376

s/n
 JP376

Known Squadron Assignments: ;175


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-January-04 PoW RCAF Pilot Officer Harry Edmonstone Hare 2023-07-13

Typhoon JP382

s/n
 JP382

Known Squadron Assignments: ;55


last update: 2024-November-19
1945-February-03 KIFA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Charles Thomas Henry MacIntosh 2021-08-16

Typhoon JP426

s/n
 JP426

Known Squadron Assignments: ;197


last update: 2024-November-19
1943-July-24 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Gordon Kirby Hignell 2023-10-26

Typhoon JP444

s/n
 JP444

Known Squadron Assignments: ;174


last update: 2024-November-19
1943-August-16 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant John Rutherford Sterne DFC 2023-09-14

Typhoon JP446

s/n
 JP446

Known Squadron Assignments: ;56


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-January-03 Evader RCAF Flying Officer R G Crosby MiD 2024-05-19

Typhoon JP486

s/n
 JP486

Known Squadron Assignments: ;198


last update: 2024-November-19
1943-July-20 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Robert Henry Deugo 2024-10-16

Typhoon JP495

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 JP495

Known Squadron Assignments: ;184


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-July-30 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Henry Mathais Laflamme 2023-09-12

Typhoon JP504

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 JP504

Known Squadron Assignments: ;137


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-December-26 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer William Arthur Flett 2022-01-07

Typhoon JP505

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 JP505

Known Squadron Assignments: ;247


last update: 2024-November-19
1943-August-15 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Eric Stuart McCuaig 2021-09-09

Typhoon JP507

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 JP507

Known Squadron Assignments: ;257


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-March-01 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Allan Buckley 2021-07-28

Typhoon JP545

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 JP545

Known Squadron Assignments: ;247


last update: 2024-November-19
1943-July-31 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 1st Class Charles David MacIntosh 2021-08-16

Typhoon JP592

s/n
 JP592

Known Squadron Assignments: ;1


last update: 2024-November-19
1943-November-25 KIA RCAF Flying Officer James Wilson Wiley 2022-01-02

Typhoon JP650

s/n
 JP650

Known Squadron Assignments: ;181


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-August-01 PoW RCAF Flight Lieutenant James H F Kenny 2023-08-29

Typhoon JP652

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 JP652

Known Squadron Assignments: ;198


last update: 2024-November-19
1943-December-31 KIA RCAF Flying Officer William Robert Widdess 2021-07-08

Typhoon JP658

s/n
 JP658

Known Squadron Assignments: ;174


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-February-02 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Joseph Rene Roland Boyer 2024-11-16

Typhoon JP663

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 JP663

Known Squadron Assignments: ;137


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-October-11 PoW RCAF Flying Officer Russell Scott Wilson 2023-08-19

Typhoon JP674

s/n
 JP674

Known Squadron Assignments: ;609


last update: 2024-November-19
1943-December-21 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Charles Wesley Miller 2023-09-14

Typhoon JP728

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 JP728

Known Squadron Assignments: ;56


last update: 2024-November-19
1943-November-07 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Leroy Means Sullivan 2021-07-21

Typhoon JP731

s/n
 JP731

Known Squadron Assignments: ;175


last update: 2024-November-19
1943-October-06 KIA RCAF Flying Officer George Ernest Adamac 2024-11-01

Typhoon JP740

s/n
 JP740

Known Squadron Assignments: ;175


last update: 2024-November-19
1943-October-26 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class George Arnold Shanks 2021-08-01

Typhoon JP755

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 JP755

Known Squadron Assignments: ;3


last update: 2024-November-19
1943-October-04 PoW RAF Flight Lieutenant George Leslie Sinclair 2023-08-06

Typhoon JP789

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 JP789

Known Squadron Assignments: ;183


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-August-17 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 1st Class William Anthony Joseph Carragher 2024-01-07

Typhoon JP800

s/n
 JP800

Known Squadron Assignments: ;181


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-September-22 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Tim Issie Pervin 2021-08-16

Typhoon JP837

s/n
 JP837

Known Squadron Assignments: ;198


last update: 2024-November-19
1943-September-27 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class James Athol Colvin 2024-03-24

Typhoon JP840

s/n
 JP840

Known Squadron Assignments: ;198


last update: 2024-November-19
1943-September-27 PoW RCAF Pilot Officer Benjamin Franklin Gilland 2021-05-18

Typhoon JP911

s/n
 JP911

Known Squadron Assignments: ;3


last update: 2024-November-19
1943-October-05 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 1st Class Joseph Albert Larocque 2023-08-25

Typhoon JP931

s/n
 JP931

Known Squadron Assignments: ;175

Served with No. 439 (F) Squadron, RCAF, coded "5V*M".
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-May-30 KIA RCAF Flying Officer James Moore Cowie 2024-05-07

Typhoon JP933

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 JP933

Known Squadron Assignments: ;263


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-September-10 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Frederick Stanley Le Gear 2022-01-22

Typhoon JP936

s/n
 JP936

Known Squadron Assignments: ;245


last update: 2024-November-19
1945-March-07 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Harrison Taylor Mossip DFC 2021-08-16

Typhoon JP937

s/n
 JP937

Known Squadron Assignments:

With No. 440 (F) Squadron, RCAF.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon JR148

s/n
 JR148

Known Squadron Assignments: ;183

With No. 438 (F) Squadron, RCAF.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-August-17 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Gordon Frederick Humphrey 2022-12-15

Typhoon JR188

s/n
 JR188

Known Squadron Assignments: ;3


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-February-03 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 1st Class John Clifford Morris Earle 2021-08-05

Typhoon JR242

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 JR242

Known Squadron Assignments: ;198


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-February-07 KIA RCAF Flying Officer James Arthur MacDonald 2024-02-06

Typhoon JR257

s/n
 JR257

Known Squadron Assignments: ;175


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-May-07 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Justin Gerard Clermont 2024-03-03

Typhoon JR264

s/n
 JR264

Known Squadron Assignments: ;439

Served with No. 439 (F) Squadron, RCAF, coded "5V*H". Ditched off Beachy Head on 10 April 1944, killing Flying Officer P. Elfner.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-April-10 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Paul James Elfner 2022-07-27

Typhoon JR311

s/n
 JR311

Known Squadron Assignments: ;175


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-May-24 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Stuart Scott Finlayson 2023-11-28

Typhoon JR313

s/n
 JR313

Known Squadron Assignments: ;186


last update: 2024-November-19
1943-December-29 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Stuart Resser Shaw 2021-08-01

Typhoon JR335

s/n
 JR335

Known Squadron Assignments: ;186


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-February-01 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Henry Rupert Dunstan Patton 2021-08-18

Typhoon JR366

s/n
 JR366

Known Squadron Assignments: ;197


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-October-05 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Harold Frederick Wakeman 2021-07-12

Typhoon JR431

s/n
 JR431

Known Squadron Assignments:

Served with No. 440 (F) Squadron, RCAF.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon JR432

s/n
 JR432

Known Squadron Assignments:

Served with No. 440 (F) Squadron, RCAF, coded "I8*A".
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon JR439

s/n
 JR439

Known Squadron Assignments: ;143

Served with No. 440 (F) Squadron, RCAF. Crashed on 18 March 1944, flew into a hill in the UK. Pilot Officer K. Mitchell killed.
last update: 2024-September-22
   1944-March-18 Accident Crash Crashed, no details. 2019-08-20
1944-March-18 KIFA RCAF Pilot Officer Kenneth Osborne Mitchell 2021-08-16

Typhoon JR497

s/n
 JR497

Known Squadron Assignments: ;438

With No. 438 (F) Squadron, RCAF, coded "F3*F" when lost over Holland on 28 September 1944. Shot down by flak near Papenbeek, Holland, Flying Officer A.H. Vickers bailed out and became PoW. Came down near Well.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-September-28 PoW RCAF Flight Lieutenant Albert Harvey Vickers 2023-08-15

Typhoon JR500

s/n
 JR500

Known Squadron Assignments: ;439

Served with No. 439 (F) Squadron, RCAF, coded "5V*X". Power on stall during mock dog fight on 3 November 1944, crashed, killed Flying Officer R. N. McDonald. Reported to have come down on a house near Eindhoven.
last update: 2024-September-22
   1944-November-03 Accident Crash Power on stall during mock dog fight, crashed, killed F/O R. N. McDonald. 2019-08-20
1944-November-03 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Ralph Nelson MacDonald 2021-08-16

Typhoon JR511

s/n
 JR511

Known Squadron Assignments: ;137


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-August-04 KIA RCAF Flying Officer James Caulfield Holder 2022-12-02

Typhoon JR523

s/n
 JR523

Known Squadron Assignments: ;198


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-January-03 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Henry Hector Mackenzie 2023-09-23

Typhoon JR530

s/n
 JR530

Known Squadron Assignments:

Served with No. 440 (F) Squadron, RCAF, coded "I8*Y". Damaged on ground in Luftwaffe strike against B.78 (Eindhoven) on 1 January 1945, repaired and returned to service.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MM961

s/n
 MM961

Known Squadron Assignments:

Served with No. 440 (F) Squadron, RCAF.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MM975

s/n
 MM975

Known Squadron Assignments:

Served with No. 440 (F) Squadron, RCAF.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MN115

s/n
 MN115

Known Squadron Assignments: ;440

Served with No. 440 Squadron, RCAF, coded "I8*Q". Abandoned over the Channel near Christchurch on 12 June 1944. Flight Lieutenant J.G. Gohl bailed out and was killed.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-June-12 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant James Garfield Gohl AM, MiD 2021-11-06

Typhoon MN120

s/n
 MN120

Known Squadron Assignments: ;183


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-March-27 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Russell Murray Coutts 2024-05-05

Typhoon MN124

s/n
 MN124

Known Squadron Assignments: ;439

Served with No. 439 (F) Squadron, RCAF. Later with No. 438 (F) Squadron. Shot down by flak near Borken on 21 November 1944. Flying Officer R.A. Hiltz killed.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-November-21 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Robert Arthur Hiltz 2022-11-23

Typhoon MN126

s/n
 MN126

Known Squadron Assignments: ;137


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-August-18 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Matthew Wood 2023-09-12

Typhoon MN131

s/n
 MN131

Known Squadron Assignments: ;184


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-August-18 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Douglas Haig Gross 2023-09-12

Typhoon MN144

s/n
 MN144

Known Squadron Assignments: ;439

Served with No. 439 Squadron, RCAF, coded 5V*H. Flight Lieutenant L.C. Shaver claimed an Me262 on 14 February 1945, in this aircraft. Shot down by flak near Buldern on 2 March 1945, Flight Lieutenant Shiver killed.
last update: 2024-September-22
1945-March-02 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Clarance Lyall Shaver 2021-08-01

Typhoon MN148

s/n
 MN148

Known Squadron Assignments:

With No. 440 (F) Squadron, RCAF.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MN154

s/n
 MN154

Known Squadron Assignments: ;440

With No. 440 (F) Squadron, RCAF. Later with No. 438 (F) Squadron. With No. 440 Squadron again when lost on 19 August 194. Brought down by flak near Orbec. Flying Officer R.H. Milne PoW.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-August-19 PoW RCAF Flying Officer Ramsay Herbert Milne 2023-09-17

Typhoon MN156

s/n
 MN156

Known Squadron Assignments: ;137


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-July-27 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Ralph Alexander Johnstone 2021-08-11

Typhoon MN171

s/n
 MN171

Known Squadron Assignments:

Served with No. 440 Squadron, RCAF, coded "I8*E". Brought down by flak on 23 June 1944, near Orbec. Pilot bailed out and made it back to Squadron.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MN185

s/n
 MN185

Known Squadron Assignments: ;175


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-July-18 PoW RCAF Flying Officer Frederick Morrison Botting 2024-11-15

Typhoon MN189

s/n
 MN189

Known Squadron Assignments:

With No. 440 (F) Squadron, RCAF.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MN196

s/n
 MN196

Known Squadron Assignments:

With No. 440 (F) Squadron, RCAF.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MN210

s/n
 MN210

Known Squadron Assignments: ;439

Served with No. 439 Squadron, RCAF, coded 5V*U and 5V*D. Shot down by flak over Guersney on 5 June 1944. Flight Lieutenant J.W. Saville killed.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-June-05 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant John Walton Saville 2021-08-04

Typhoon MN247

s/n
 MN247

Known Squadron Assignments:

With No. 440 Squadron, RCAF, coded "I8*D". Shot down by flak over Caen on 7 June 1944, Flying Officer R.W. Doidge bailed out and was returned to the UK in a landing craft on 10 July 1944. He was shot down again and killed in October 1944 (see PD469).
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MN251

s/n
 MN251

Known Squadron Assignments: ;440

With No. 440 (F) Squadron, RCAF.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-December-03 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Alfred William Edward Sugden 2021-07-21

Typhoon MN257

s/n
 MN257

Known Squadron Assignments:

Served with No. 440 (F) Squadron, RCAF, coded I8*D. Pilot bailed out near Caen after being hit by flak on 7 June 194. Pilot returned to Squadron.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MN258

s/n
 MN258

Known Squadron Assignments:

With No. 440 (F) Squadron, RCAF.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MN265

s/n
 MN265

Known Squadron Assignments:

Served with No. 440 (F) Squadron, RCAF.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MN292

s/n
 MN292

Known Squadron Assignments: ;263


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-June-15 KIA RCAF Flying Officer William James Windeler 2021-07-07

Typhoon MN298

s/n
 MN298

Known Squadron Assignments:

Served with No. 440 Squadron, RCAF, coded "I8*A". With No. 438 Squadron, RCAF, coded F3*A, when it was shot down by Bf109s on Vende on 16 June 1944. Pilot made it back to Allied lines.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MN307

s/n
 MN307

Known Squadron Assignments: ;440

Served with No. 440 (F) Squadron, RCAF. Brought down by flak on 7 June 1944, near Caen. Flying Officer W.J. Mahagan killed.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-June-07 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Wilfred Joseph Mahagan 2024-01-25

Typhoon MN309

s/n
 MN309

Known Squadron Assignments:

Served with No. 439 (F) and 440 (F) Squadrons, RCAF.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MN310

s/n
 MN310

Known Squadron Assignments: ;439

Served with No. 439 Squadron, RCAF, coded "5V*U". Brought down by flak on 12 August 1944, near St-Pierre-la-Vielle. Flying Officer R.O. Moen killed.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-August-12 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Ronald Olaf Moen 2021-08-16

Typhoon MN311

s/n
 MN311

Known Squadron Assignments:

Served with No. 440 (F) Squadron, RCAF.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MN313

s/n
 MN313

Known Squadron Assignments: ;440

Served with No. 440 (F) Squadron, RCAF. Brought down by flak on 8 August 1944, near Ussy. Flight Lieutenant C.W. Hicks kiled.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-August-08 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Clifford Waldron Hicks 2023-09-12

Typhoon MN318

s/n
 MN318

Known Squadron Assignments:

With No. 440 Squadron, RCAF, coded "I8*H" from May 1944 to 15 June 1944.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MN321

s/n
 MN321

Known Squadron Assignments: ;438

With No. 438 (F) Squadron, RCAF. Coded "F3*G" when brought down by flak on 3 August 1944, near Henonville. Flying Officer D.K. Moores killed.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-August-03 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Douglas Keith Moores 2023-09-12

Typhoon MN342

s/n
 MN342

Known Squadron Assignments: ;440

Served with No. 440 Squadron, RCAF. Spun in near West Bramsgore, UK on 27 May 1944. Flying Officer N. Stusiak killed.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-May-27 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Nicholas Stusiak 2021-10-02

Typhoon MN345

s/n
 MN345

Known Squadron Assignments: ;439

Served with No. 438 Squadron, RCAF, coded "F3*D". Was with No. 439 Squadron, RCAF when lost over Holland on 6 November 1944. Came down near Twello, also reported as near Deventer. Pilot bailed out after glycol leak developed. Flying Officer J.A. Brown PoW.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-November-06 PoW RCAF Flying Officer James Albert Brown 2023-08-20

Typhoon MN347

s/n
 MN347

Known Squadron Assignments: ;438

With No. 438 (F) Squadron, RCAF, coded "F3*Z". Brought down by flak on 18 August 1944, near Orbec. Flying Officer G.H. Sharpe killed.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-August-18 KIA RCAF Flying Officer George Harold Sharpe 2023-09-26

Typhoon MN348

s/n
 MN348

Known Squadron Assignments: ;439

With No. 440 (F) Squadron, RCAF, on D-Day. Later with No. 439 (F) Squadron, RCAF. Shot down by flak on 3 December 1944, near Munster, Germany. Flight Lieutenant W.L. Saunders killed.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-December-03 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant William Lee Saunders 2021-08-04

Typhoon MN352

s/n
 MN352

Known Squadron Assignments:

Served with No. 439 (F) Squadron, RCAF on D-Day. Forced to turn back from bombing mission on 9 August 1944, after hydraulic line broke. Bombs dropped over Channel, returned safely to base. With No. 440 Squadron, RCAF when lost over Holland on 29 October 1944. Came down near Geldrop. Pilot bailed out after being struck by flak.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MN357

s/n
 MN357

Known Squadron Assignments: ;439

Served with No. 439 Squadron, RCAF. Brought down by flak on 1 November 1944, near Maesik. Pilot safe.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-November-19 KIA RCAF Flying Officer John George Martin 2021-08-15

Typhoon MN366

s/n
 MN366

Known Squadron Assignments:

Served with No. 440 (F) Squadron, RCAF, coded "I8*G".
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MN369

s/n
 MN369

Known Squadron Assignments:

Served with No. 440 (F) Squadron, RCAF. Exploded in flight on 26 July 1944, near Rocquancourt. Pilot injured.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MN378

s/n
 MN378

Known Squadron Assignments:

Served with No. 440 Squadron, RCAF, coded "I8*A".
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MN380

s/n
 MN380

Known Squadron Assignments:

Served with No. 438 (F) Squadron, RCAF. With No. 440 (F) Squadron when it was damaged by flak on 2 March 1945. Made it back to base, but was not repaired.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MN401

s/n
 MN401

Known Squadron Assignments: ;439

Served with No. 439 Squadron, RCAF, coded 5V*G. Missing near Vimoutiers on 19 August 1944. Flying Officer R.A. Porritt killed.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-August-19 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Robert Arthur Porritt 2023-09-12

Typhoon MN403

s/n
 MN403

Known Squadron Assignments:

Served with No. 440 Squadron, RCAF, coded I8*J. Hit by flak on 26 July 1944, near Caen. Pilot bailed out successfully.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MN407

s/n
 MN407

Known Squadron Assignments:

With No. 440 (F) Squadron, RCAF.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MN410

s/n
 MN410

Known Squadron Assignments: ;198


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-May-24 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Harold Freeman 2023-09-14

Typhoon MN416

s/n
 MN416

Known Squadron Assignments: ;257


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-June-17 PoW RCAF Flight Lieutenant Walter Werdey Kistler 2021-03-12

Typhoon MN417

s/n
 MN417

Known Squadron Assignments: ;439

Served with No. 439 Squadron, RCAF. Hit by flak near Carpiquet airfield on 15 June 1944. Flying Officer J.W. Ross bailed out and became PoW.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-June-15 PoW RCAF Flight Lieutenant J W Ross 2023-09-28

Typhoon MN420

s/n
 MN420

Known Squadron Assignments:

With No. 440 (F) Squadron, RCAF, coded "I8*R".
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MN426

s/n
 MN426

Known Squadron Assignments: ;438

With No. 438 (F) Squadron, RCAF, coded "F3*H". Hit a tree durihng a strafing run on 15 August 1944 near Trun. Flying Officer W.H. Morrison killed.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-August-15 KIA RCAF Flying Officer William Harold Morrison 2023-09-12

Typhoon MN428

s/n
 MN428

Known Squadron Assignments: ;440

Served with No. 440 Squadron, RCAF, coded "I8*B" and "I8*G" and "I8*Z". Lost near Caen, France on 6 June 1944, struck by flak. Flying Officer R. Allman, an American in the RCAF, killed.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-June-06 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Leonard Ralph Allman 2024-11-02

Typhoon MN431

s/n
 MN431

Known Squadron Assignments: ;440

Served with No. 440 Squadron, RCAF, coded I8*K. Hit a balloon cable on 4 May 1944 near Easyleigh, UK. Flying Officer W.D. Peacock.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-May-04 KIA RCAF Flying Officer William Dempsay Peacock 2021-08-18

Typhoon MN435

s/n
 MN435

Known Squadron Assignments:

Served with No. 439 Squadron, RCAF, coded 5V*A on D-Day. Later with No. 440 (F) Squadron.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MN453

s/n
 MN453

Known Squadron Assignments: ;440

With No. 440 (F) Squadron, RCAF. Brought down by flak on 24 December 1944, near Schleiden. Flying Officer C.F. Harwood killed.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-December-24 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Charles Frederick Joseph Harwood 2021-08-09

Typhoon MN457

s/n
 MN457

Known Squadron Assignments:

Served with No. 440 Squadron, RCAF, coded "I8*R".
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MN461

s/n
 MN461

Known Squadron Assignments: ;183


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-June-07 PoW RCAF Flight Lieutenant Frederick Hughes Pollock 2023-09-24

Typhoon MN464

s/n
 MN464

Known Squadron Assignments: ;439

Served with No. 439 Squadron, RCAF, coded "5V*N". Damaged in combat on 8 July 1944, spun in near B.4 landing field. Flying Officer F.M. Thomas killed.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-July-08 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Frank MacDonald Thomas 2024-02-07

Typhoon MN475

s/n
 MN475

Known Squadron Assignments: ;440

Served with No. 438 (F) and No. 440 (F) Squadrons, RCAF. With No. 440 Squadron when lost over Holland on 18 November 1944, near Wassenburg. Also reported as came down near Posterholt. Flying Officer R.J. Reilly killed.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-November-18 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Robert John Reilly 2021-08-10

Typhoon MN478

s/n
 MN478

Known Squadron Assignments: ;183


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-June-06 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Melsom Henry Walter Gee 2023-09-21
1944-June-06 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Adrian Ralph Taylor 2024-03-12

Typhoon MN481

s/n
 MN481

Known Squadron Assignments: ;175


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-June-15 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Cecil Desmond Leitch 2021-10-12

Typhoon MN487

s/n
 MN487

Known Squadron Assignments: ;198


last update: 2024-November-19
1945-February-16 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Donald James Campbell 2023-12-11

Typhoon MN489

s/n
 MN489

Known Squadron Assignments:

With No. 440 (F) Squadron, RCAF, coded "I8*N". Hit by flak off Arromanches on 22 May 1944, Flying Officer A.A. Watkins bailed out over Channel and was rescued.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MN494

s/n
 MN494

Known Squadron Assignments: ;609


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-July-27 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer John Donald Buchanan 2023-10-04

Typhoon MN496

s/n
 MN496

Known Squadron Assignments: ;609


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-May-11 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Pierre Leopold Soesman 2022-01-03

Typhoon MN515

s/n
 MN515

Known Squadron Assignments: ;263


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-June-07 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Leon Parent 2022-01-19

Typhoon MN524

s/n
 MN524

Known Squadron Assignments: ;263


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-June-24 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Alton James Ryan 2023-10-18

Typhoon MN525

s/n
 MN525

Known Squadron Assignments: ;174


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-July-26 KIA RAF Flying Officer Walter Cyril Vatcher DFC 2023-09-21

Typhoon MN528

s/n
 MN528

Known Squadron Assignments:

With No. 440 (F) Squadron, RCAF.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MN532

s/n
 MN532

Known Squadron Assignments: ;56


last update: 2024-November-19
1945-March-27 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer Robert Samuel Bellis 2024-11-11

Typhoon MN535

s/n
 MN535

Known Squadron Assignments:

Served with No. 440 Squadron, RCAF, coded "I8*K".
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MN547

s/n
 MN547

Known Squadron Assignments:

With No. 438 Squadron, RCAF, coded "F3*Q". Served with No. 440 Squadron, RCAF, coded "I8*Q". With No. 439 Squadron, RCAF when lost over Holland on 11 November 1944. Came down near Follega (8 miles south of Sneek), after engine failure caused by glycol leak. Flying Officer J.G. Fraser evaded.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MN548

s/n
 MN548

Known Squadron Assignments: ;440

Served with No. 440 Squadron, RCAF, coded I8*F. Brought down by flak on 7 June 1944, near Caen. Flying Officer S.V. Garside killed.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-June-07 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Stanley Vincent Garside 2021-08-07

Typhoon MN553

s/n
 MN553

Known Squadron Assignments: ;439

Served with No. 439 Squadron, RCAF, coded 5V*K. Shot down by flak near Segrie Fontainie, France (also reported as near Pont de Vers) on 12 August 1944. Flying Officer E.J. Allen killed.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-August-12 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Ernest James Allen 2024-11-02

Typhoon MN555

s/n
 MN555

Known Squadron Assignments: ;438

Served with No. 439 (F) Squadron, RCAF. With No. 440 (F) Squadron on D-Day. Reported with No. 438 (F) Squadron, RCAF, coded "F3*Z", when lost over Holland on 18 October 1944. Came down near Angerlo, after engine failure. Flight Lieutenant V.E. McMann PoW.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-October-18 PoW RCAF Flying Officer Victor Ernest McMann 2021-05-24

Typhoon MN569

s/n
 MN569

Known Squadron Assignments:

Served with No. 439 (F) and No. 440 (F) Squadrons, RCAF. Destroyed by German air raid on B.78 on 1 January 1945.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MN574

s/n
 MN574

Known Squadron Assignments: ;439

Served with No. 439 (F) Squadron, RCAF. Delivered new to this unit on 14 May 1944, shot down by flak on 18 July 1944, blew up over target of Mesmil-Frementel, France. Flying Officer J. Kalen killed.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-July-18 KIA RCAF Flying Officer John Kalen 2023-09-12

Typhoon MN579

s/n
 MN579

Known Squadron Assignments: ;438

With No. 438 (F) Squadron, RCAF, coded "F3*J". Brought down by flak on 18 August 1944, near Vimoutiers. G/L G.P. Edington PoW.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-August-18 PoW RCAF Flight Lieutenant George Percy Edington 2021-05-16

Typhoon MN581

s/n
 MN581

Known Squadron Assignments:

Served with No. 439 (F) Squadron, RCAF. Briefly with No. 440 (F) Squadron, then back to 439 Squadron when it forced landed near Nordhorn on 2 April 1945. Flying Officer D.G. Cleghorn PoW.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MN589

s/n
 MN589

Known Squadron Assignments: ;439

With No. 438 (F) Squadron, RCAF. Served with No. 439 (F) Squadron, RCAF when it was shot down by enemy aircraft at 09:45 on 1 January 1945, near de Rips, Holland, 30 kilometres north-east of Eindhoven, during Luftwaffe operation "Bodenplatte". Flying Officer S. Angelini found dead in burnt wreckage. One of four Typhoons returning from weather recce to St. Vith, encountered 15 to 20 FW190s over Eindhoven. Other three aircraft landed safely at Volkel, as Eindhoven was unservicable after the Luftwaffe attack. At least 4 Luftwaffe aircraft claimed.
last update: 2024-September-22

Reconnaissance 1945-01-01 to 1945-01-01

(F) Sqn (RCAF) Eindhoven, Holland

Samuel 'Sam' Angelini was born on May 12, 1922 in Hamilton, Ontario to Italian immigrants, Alexander and Carmela (nee Seno) Angelini. He had four brothers and three sisters. The family was Roman Catholic. They lived at 195 Park Street North in Hamilton.

Sam stood 5'5" tall and had brown eyes and black hair. He was an assistant theatre manager in Hamilton when he enlisted with the RCAF August 15, 1942.

He trained at No. 5 ITS, Belleville, Ontario. From there he went to #10 EFTS in Pendleton, Ontario. He received his Wings at #8 SFTS Moncton, NB. He was sent to #1 OTU in Bagotville, Quebec.

He was awarded his Pilot's Flying Badge and his commission on October 15, 1943. He was appointed Flying Officer on April 15, 1944 and embarked overseas on May 25, 1944. In November 1944, he was taken on strength with 439 Squadron. He had experience flying the Harvard, Battle, Hurricane and Typhoon.

Based in Holland, Sam Angelini (Yellow 4) was killed on January 1, 1945 when upon returning from an armed recce, his flight encountered between fifteen and twenty German aircraft, engaging in a dogfight. The dog-fight lasted four or five minutes, resulting in Flying Officer Laurence and Flying Officer Fraser each destroying two aircraft. When the action broke off, the aircraft returned to base to find it unserviceable due to enemy action and had to go to Vokel where they landed and were refueled. However, Flying Officer Angelini in Typhoon MN589, was missing and was last heard of in the circuit telling 'Pitchdark' he had 10 gallons of fuel left. It was assumed that he was attacked by unknown enemy aircraft and was not able to outrun or outmaneuver them. He was subsequently found still in his burned out bullet ridden cockpit near Rips, Holland. He had had 14 sorties under his belt. He had not flown since December 5th as he had been in England waiting for the weather to improve so he could fly his Typhoon back to the squadron.

Sam was married to Gertrude and together, they had a daughter, Mary Elizabeth who was born on February 10, 1945, six weeks after Sam was killed. Gertrude wrote a letter to the RCAF and requested that Sam's clothing to be donated to the squadron or to the poor people in Holland.

Sam's funeral was held in Eindhoven, Holland. More information about Sam Angelini can be found in Typhoon and Tempest by Hugh Halliday.

The Typhoon Project

1945-January-01 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Samuel Angelini 2024-11-05

Typhoon MN595

s/n
 MN595

Known Squadron Assignments: ;184

Served with No. 440 (F) Squadron, RCAF, coded "I8*M".
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-August-18 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Ronald James Currie 2024-06-04

Typhoon MN603

s/n
 MN603

Known Squadron Assignments:

Served with No. 439 (F) Squadron, RCAF. Served with No. 440 Squadron, RCAF, coded "I8*P" on D-Day.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MN626

s/n
 MN626

Known Squadron Assignments:

Served with No. 439 (F) Squadron, RCAF, coded "5V*A". Also with No. 438 Squadron, RCAF, coded "F3*A". May have been with No. 440 Squadron when it forced landed near Venlo on 24 January 1945. Pilot Officer I.L. Gunnarson safe.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MN635

s/n
 MN635

Known Squadron Assignments:

With No. 440 (F) Squadron, RCAF, coded "I8*Y".
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MN637

s/n
 MN637

Known Squadron Assignments:

Served with No. 440 Squadron, RCAF. Brought down by flak on 23 May 1944 near Cherbourg. Flying Officer M.J. Crowley bailed out and was rescued.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MN641

s/n
 MN641

Known Squadron Assignments: ;440

With No. 440 (F) Squadron, RCAF, coded "I8*J". Shot down by flak south west of Hamminkeln, Germany on 7 October 1944. Squadron Leader W.H. Pentland DFC killed.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-October-07 KIA RCAF Squadron Leader William Harry Pentland DFC 2022-12-22

Typhoon MN644

s/n
 MN644

Known Squadron Assignments:

Served with No. 440 Squadron, RCAF. Warrant Officer R.A. Watson bailed out on 18 July 1944 over Normandy, after beign struck by flak, and was returned to the Squadron.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MN658

s/n
 MN658

Known Squadron Assignments:

With No. 440 (F) Squadron, RCAF.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MN659

s/n
 MN659

Known Squadron Assignments:

Served with No. 439 (F), 440, and 438 Squadrons, RCAF.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MN665

s/n
 MN665

Known Squadron Assignments: ;440

Served with No. 439 Squadron, RCAF. With No. 440 Squadron, RCAF when lost over Holland on 24 December 1944. Came down south-east of Eindhoven. Crash site also reported as near Waalre, south-south-west of Eindhoven. Flying Officer D.H. Cummins killed. Claimed by Hptm. Wolfang Kosse of 13./JG 3, flying a Fw190.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-December-24 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Duncan Herbert Cumming 2024-05-26

Typhoon MN684

s/n
 MN684

Known Squadron Assignments:

With No. 440 (F) Squadron, RCAF.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MN687

s/n
 MN687

Known Squadron Assignments: ;438

With no. 438 (F) Squadron, RCAF, coded "F3*S", when brought down by flak on 12 August 1944, near Le Mesnil-Villemont. Flight Lieutenant T.A. Biggs killed.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-August-12 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Theodore A Bugg 2023-09-12

Typhoon MN691

s/n
 MN691

Known Squadron Assignments:

Served with No. 439 Squadron, RCAF. Served with No. 440 Squadron, RCAF, coded "I8*V".
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MN694

s/n
 MN694

Known Squadron Assignments: ;182


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-August-09 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant William James Kasubeck 2021-08-11

Typhoon MN702

s/n
 MN702

Known Squadron Assignments: ;198


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-November-05 KIA RCAF Flying Officer James Llewellyn Allan DFC 2024-11-02

Typhoon MN703

s/n
 MN703

Known Squadron Assignments: ;440

Served with No. 440 Squadron, RCAF, coded I8*L. Caught fire on take-off from B.9 (Lantheuil) on 16 July 1944. Struck another parked aircraft, bombs exploded, killing pilot Warrant Officer C.J. McConvey and two ground crew.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-July-16 KIA RCAF Leading Aircraftman John Sinclair Holmes 2024-02-07
1944-July-16 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Carl Joseph McConvey 2024-02-07
1944-July-16 KIA RCAF Leading Aircraftman Richard Henry Wilman 2024-02-07

Typhoon MN705

s/n
 MN705

Known Squadron Assignments: ;193;263


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-December-24 KIA RAF Pilot Officer Norman Ivor Freakley 2021-05-18
1945-April-17 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Norman Paulle Courtney Woodward 2021-07-06

Typhoon MN707

s/n
 MN707

Known Squadron Assignments: ;438

Served with No. 440 (F) Squadron, RCAF. With No. 438 Squadron, RCAF, coded F3*E, when it was brought down by flak on 18 July 1944, at the Orne bridge. Flight Lieutenant R.M. McKenzie killed.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-July-17 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Robert Milne McKenzie 2023-10-04

Typhoon MN709

s/n
 MN709

Known Squadron Assignments:

Served with No. 440 Squadron, RCAF, coded I8*B. Overshot an emergancy landing at Carpiquet on 26 July 1944. Bomb exploded, killing Squadron Leader W.H. Pentland.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MN715

s/n
 MN715

Known Squadron Assignments:

Served with No. 438 (F) Squadron, RCAF. With No. 440 Squadron when Flying Officer R.G. Hattie bailed out on 17 July 1944 over Normandy, after being hit by flak. The pilot was injured, but landed in Allied hands.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MN720

s/n
 MN720

Known Squadron Assignments: ;440

Served with No. 440 Squadron, RCAF, coded "I8*W". Brought down by flak on 13 August 1944, near Flers. Flying Officer R.E. McCurdy killed.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-August-13 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Roger Eugene George McCurdy 2023-09-26

Typhoon MN743

s/n
 MN743

Known Squadron Assignments: ;193


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-July-18 PoW RCAF Flight Lieutenant Emerson Bravender Wallace 2023-10-03

Typhoon MN746

s/n
 MN746

Known Squadron Assignments: ;438

With No. 438 (F) Squadron, RCAF, coded "F3*X. Shot down on 27 June 1944, near Caen. Flying Officer L.E. Park killed.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-June-27 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Lewis E Park 2022-01-19

Typhoon MN755

s/n
 MN755

Known Squadron Assignments:

With No. 440 (F) Squadron, RCAF. On ops on 21 April 1945, last day the RCAF in Europe flew operational missions.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MN756

s/n
 MN756

Known Squadron Assignments:

With No. 440 (F) Squadron, RCAF.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MN764

s/n
 MN764

Known Squadron Assignments:

With No. 440 Squadron, RCAF, coded "I8*H" from 15 June 1944 to 30 September 1944. Reported forced landed on 6 September 1944, not confimred.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MN765

s/n
 MN765

Known Squadron Assignments: ;439

Served with No. 439 Squadron, RCAF. Lost over Holland on 5 October 1944, came down near Zevenaar. Also reported shot down by flak near Speelburg on this date, Flying Officer R.A. Johns killed.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-October-05 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Royce Allen Johns 2021-08-11

Typhoon MN769

s/n
 MN769

Known Squadron Assignments: ;263


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-October-14 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Alexander Barr 2024-11-09

Typhoon MN777

s/n
 MN777

Known Squadron Assignments:

Served with No. 440 Squadron, RCAF, coded "I8*U". Also with No. 438 Squadron, and later with No. 440 Squadron again, as "I8*J". Tire burst on take-off from B.78 on 28 March 1945, pilot OK.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MN793

s/n
 MN793

Known Squadron Assignments: ;440

Served with No. 440 (F) Squadron, RCAF, coded I8*Z. Missing on 30 July 1944, Flying Officer J.W. Lippert killed.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-July-30 KIA RCAF Flying Officer John William Lippert 2023-09-12

Typhoon MN796

s/n
 MN796

Known Squadron Assignments:

With No. 440 (F) Squadron, RCAF. Forced landing shortly after take-off from B.58 (Melsbroek) on 10 September 1944. Flying Officer F.J. Crowly injured.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MN801

s/n
 MN801

Known Squadron Assignments: ;440

Served with No. 439 (F) Squadron, RCAF. With No. 440 Squadron when it was brought down by flak on 19 November 194, near Kemper. Flying Officer J.M. Cordick killed.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-November-19 KIA RCAF Flying Officer John Morgan Cordick 2024-04-16

Typhoon MN805

s/n
 MN805

Known Squadron Assignments: ;440

With No. 440 (F) Squadron, RCAF, coded "I8*D", when lost on 6 October 1944. Shot down near Gelds, Germany. Flight Lieutenant S.C. (or C.S.?) Aistrop, AFC killed.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-October-06 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Charles Sydney Aistrop AFC 2024-11-01

Typhoon MN817

s/n
 MN817

Known Squadron Assignments:

With No. 440 (F) Squadron, RCAF. Crashed in Belgium on 9 September 1944, due to glycol leak. Pilot OK.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MN851

s/n
 MN851

Known Squadron Assignments: ;184


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-October-19 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Ronald Alastair Gaskin 2022-08-28

Typhoon MN867

s/n
 MN867

Known Squadron Assignments: ;247


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-August-13 PoW RCAF Flying Officer Archibald Younger 2023-08-20

Typhoon MN870

s/n
 MN870

Known Squadron Assignments: ;439

Served with No. 439 (F), 438 (F) and 440 (F) Squadrons, RCAF. Back with 439 Squadron as "5V*P" on 28 October 1944 when it was shot down by flak, near Deventer. Flying Officer M.P. Laycock killed.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-October-28 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Maurice Preston Laycock 2021-08-13

Typhoon MN879

s/n
 MN879

Known Squadron Assignments: ;257


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-July-16 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Walter Colin Ahrens 2024-11-01

Typhoon MN881

s/n
 MN881

Known Squadron Assignments: ;197


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-November-21 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Charles Burnham Hall 2023-08-26

Typhoon MN883

s/n
 MN883

Known Squadron Assignments: ;263


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-August-25 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Allan William Campbell 2023-12-11

Typhoon MN888

s/n
 MN888

Known Squadron Assignments: ;181


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-December-08 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Horace Keith Lyle 2021-10-15

Typhoon MN894

s/n
 MN894

Known Squadron Assignments: ;439

Served with No. 440 (F) Squadron, RCAF. With No. 439 Squadron on 24 December 1944 when it was brought down by flak near Mayen. Flight Lieutenant K.F. Sage killed.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-December-24 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Freeland Sage 2023-08-23

Typhoon MN912

s/n
 MN912

Known Squadron Assignments: ;193


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-November-25 KIA RCAF Flying Officer George Eugene Langille 2021-08-13

Typhoon MN919

s/n
 MN919

Known Squadron Assignments: ;257


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-July-26 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant John Frederick Hart Williams DFC 2021-10-02

Typhoon MN921

s/n
 MN921

Known Squadron Assignments: ;197


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-October-13 PoW RCAF Flying Officer William Briand Thomson Smiley 2023-08-07

Typhoon MN929

s/n
 MN929

Known Squadron Assignments: ;440

With No. 440 (F) Squadron, RCAF. Brought down by flak on 18 August 1944, near Vimoutiers. Flying Officer J.S. Colville killed.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-August-18 KIA RCAF Flying Officer John Spencer Colville 2024-03-24

Typhoon MN936

s/n
 MN936

Known Squadron Assignments: ;439

Served with No. 439 (F) Squadron, RCAF. Shot down by flak near Oberhausen, Germany on 24 March 1945. Also reported as near Dingden. Pilot Officer W. Anderson killed.
last update: 2024-September-22
1945-March-24 KIA RCAF Flying Officer William Anderson 2024-11-02

Typhoon MN938

s/n
 MN938

Known Squadron Assignments: ;55


last update: 2024-November-19
1945-January-17 KIFA RCAF Warrant Officer 1 Hugh Conway Blizard 2024-11-13

Typhoon MN940

s/n
 MN940

Known Squadron Assignments:

With No. 440 (F) Squadron, RCAF, coded "I8*A". Damaged beyond repair on 1 January 1945 in air raid on B.78.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MN947

s/n
 MN947

Known Squadron Assignments: ;257


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-September-06 KIA RCAF Flying Officer William Bruce Richardson 2021-08-09

Typhoon MN971

s/n
 MN971

Known Squadron Assignments:

With No. 440 (F) Squadron, RCAF.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MN984

s/n
 MN984

Known Squadron Assignments:

With No. 440 (F) Squadron, RCAF. Destroyed on 1 January 1944 in air raid on B.78.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MN989

s/n
 MN989

Known Squadron Assignments: ;438

Served with No. 439 (F) Squadron, RCAF.
last update: 2024-September-22
1945-April-14 KIA RCAF Flying Officer John George Stanley Joseph Livingstone 2021-08-13

Typhoon MN999

s/n
 MN999

Known Squadron Assignments:

Served with No. 439 (F) and 440 (F) Squadrons, RCAF.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MP122

s/n
 MP122

Known Squadron Assignments: ;440

With No. 440 (F) Squadron, RCAF, coded "I8*T", when lost over Normandy on 12 August 1944. Brought down by flak near Cond-sur-Noireau. Flying Officer J.F. Dewar killed.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-August-12 KIA RCAF Flying Officer John Fraser Dewar 2024-10-17

Typhoon MP124

s/n
 MP124

Known Squadron Assignments: ;440

With No. 440 (F) Squadron, RCAF when lost over Holland on 11 November 1944. Blew up on bombing runon rail line at Staphorst, after releasing bomb. Came down at Rouveen / Staphorst. Flying Officer F.J. Crowley killed.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-November-11 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Francis Joseph Crowley 2024-05-22

Typhoon MP128

s/n
 MP128

Known Squadron Assignments: ;438

With No. 438 (F) Squadron, RCAF, coded "F3X". Brought down by flak on 22 January 1945, near Montfoort. Flying Officer F.R.F. Skelly killed.
last update: 2024-September-22
1945-January-22 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Frank Richard Fisher Skelly 2021-07-28

Typhoon MP130

s/n
 MP130

Known Squadron Assignments:

With No. 440 (F) Squadron, RCAF. Flew ops on 21 April 1945.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MP132

s/n
 MP132

Known Squadron Assignments: ;263


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-December-24 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Leonard Arthur Unwin 2021-07-14

Typhoon MP135

s/n
 MP135

Known Squadron Assignments: ;438

With No. 438 Squadron, RCAF, coded "F3*G". Lost around mid-day on 7 October 1944, shot down by flak south of Coesfeld. Flight Lieutenant A.B. Newsome killed.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-October-07 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Albert Barclay Newsome 2021-08-17

Typhoon MP137

s/n
 MP137

Known Squadron Assignments: ;245


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-August-17 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Arthur Eugene Miron 2021-09-23

Typhoon MP138

s/n
 MP138

Known Squadron Assignments: ;438

With No. 440 and 438 (F) Squadron, RCAF. With 438 Squadron when it crashed into the sea of Portland on 23 March 1945. Squadron Leader J.E. Hogg killed.
last update: 2024-September-22
1945-March-23 KIA RCAF Squadron Leader James Easson Hogg DFC 2021-09-21

Typhoon MP139

s/n
 MP139

Known Squadron Assignments:

Served with No. 439 Squadron, RCAF. With No. 440 Squadron, coded "I8*W" when it was damaged in German air raid at B.78 on 1 January 1945.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MP140

s/n
 MP140

Known Squadron Assignments:

With No. 440 (F) Squadron, RCAF.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MP145

s/n
 MP145

Known Squadron Assignments: ;439

Served with No. 439 (F) Squadron, RCAF. Brought donw by flak on 27 December 1944, near St. Vith. Flying Officer B.E. Bell PoW.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-December-27 PoW RCAF Flying Officer Bernard Ernest Bell 2024-11-11

Typhoon MP149

s/n
 MP149

Known Squadron Assignments:

Served with No. 440 Squadron, RCAF, coded "I8*P". Lost over Holland on 25 December 1944, hit by flak near Malmedy. Came down near Heeze. Flying Officer H.J. Hardy safe.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MP151

s/n
 MP151

Known Squadron Assignments: ;439

Served with No. 439 Squadron, RCAF, coded 5V*R. Brought down by flak on 22 February 1945, near Haldern. Flight Lieutenant B.P. Swinger killed.
last update: 2024-September-22
1945-February-22 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Bernard Percy Swingler 2021-07-21

Typhoon MP152

s/n
 MP152

Known Squadron Assignments: ;439

Served with No. 439 Squadron, RCAF. Hit by flak near Vlissingen, then crashed near Westerschelde, Holland on 9 September 1944. Flying Officer G.W. Hewson PoW.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-September-09 PoW RCAF Flying Officer Geale William Hewson 2021-03-01

Typhoon MP173

s/n
 MP173

Known Squadron Assignments:

Served with No. 439 (F) and 440 (F) Squadrons, RCAF.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon MP178

s/n
 MP178

Known Squadron Assignments: ;438

With No. 438 (F) Squadron, RCAF, coded "F3*H" when it was brought down by flak on 24 December 1944, near Bullange. Warrant Officer R.F. Breen killed.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-December-24 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Roy Frederick Breen CDGB 2024-11-17

Typhoon MP181

s/n
 MP181

Known Squadron Assignments: ;438

With No. 438 (F) Squadron, RCAF, coded "F3*F" when it was shot down by a Bf109 on 4 April 1945, near Diepholz. Pilot Officer W.J. Kinsella killed.
last update: 2024-September-22
1945-April-04 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer William James Kinsella 2021-08-12

Typhoon MP183

s/n
 MP183

Known Squadron Assignments: ;440

With No. 440 Squadron, RCAF, coded "I8*H" from 30 September 1944. Brought down by flak on 28 November 1944 near Pepenbeck. Flying Officer A. Frombolo PoW.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-November-28 PoW RCAF Flying Officer Anthony Frombolo 2023-01-30

Typhoon MP186

s/n
 MP186

Known Squadron Assignments: ;438

With No. 438 (F) Squadron, RCAF, coded "F3*V" when it was brought down by flak on 24 December 1944, over the Ardennes. Flying Officer D.J. Washburn killed.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-December-24 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Dean Jerome Washburn 2023-08-23

Typhoon MP187

s/n
 MP187

Known Squadron Assignments: ;56


last update: 2024-November-19
1945-March-08 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer Robert Frederick Donald Smith 2021-07-26

Typhoon MP198

s/n
 MP198

Known Squadron Assignments: ;197


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-September-13 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Mackenzie Davidson Reid 2023-12-15

Typhoon MP200

s/n
 MP200

Known Squadron Assignments:

With No. 440 (F) Squadron, RCAF.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon PD448

s/n
 PD448

Known Squadron Assignments: ;439


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-August-19 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant William Kenneth Scharff 2021-08-04

Typhoon PD458

s/n
 PD458

Known Squadron Assignments: ;439


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-September-27 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer William Adam Gray 2021-09-29

Typhoon PD462

s/n
 PD462

Known Squadron Assignments: ;439

With No. 439 Squadron, RCAF, coded "I8*K". With No. 440 Squadron, RCAF when lost on 24 December 1944 over Holland. Flying Officer W.T. Dunkeld killed. Was flying top cover for other Typhoons, probably shot down by Hptm Wolfgang Kosse of 13./JG3. Crashed at Waalre, a few miles south-east of Eindhoven, Netherlands. Crash site also reported as Maarheeze.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-December-24 KIA RCAF Flying Officer William Thomas Dunkeld 2024-10-29

Typhoon PD465

s/n
 PD465

Known Squadron Assignments: ;439


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-September-24 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Richard Walter Vokey 2021-07-12

Typhoon PD469

s/n
 PD469

Known Squadron Assignments: ;440

With No. 440 Squadron, RCAF, when lost over Holland on 20 October 1944. Came down near railroad bridge over Regge, near Nijverdal. Flying Officer R.W. Doidge killed, he was 20.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-October-20 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Ronald William Doidge 2024-10-24

Typhoon PD471

s/n
 PD471

Known Squadron Assignments: ;197


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-December-31 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Robert Henry Jones 2022-01-25

Typhoon PD478

s/n
 PD478

Known Squadron Assignments: ;439


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-December-15 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Charles Alfred Lambert 2021-09-23

Typhoon PD479

s/n
 PD479

Known Squadron Assignments: ;438

With No. 438 Squadron, RCAF, when lost over Holland on 29 September 1944. Came down near Nijmegen.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-September-29 KIA RCAF Flying Officer John Edgar Cornelison 2024-04-20

Typhoon PD492

s/n
 PD492

Known Squadron Assignments: ;439


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-December-24 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant William Albert Wright 2022-01-12

Typhoon PD493

s/n
 PD493

Known Squadron Assignments: ;440


last update: 2024-November-19
1945-February-02 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Gerald Leroy Passmore 2021-08-18

Typhoon PD494

s/n
 PD494

Known Squadron Assignments: ;175


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-October-24 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Ross William Clarke 2024-02-28

Typhoon PD497

s/n
 PD497

Known Squadron Assignments: ;440

Ferrying to No. 438 Squadron, RCAF from the UK, when put down in a field at Lantremange, near Trun (now St-Trond?), east of Brussels on 7 October 1944, after becoming lost and running out of fuel. Apparently repaired locally, reported with 440 Squadron, RCAF by December 1944. Lost on 3 February 1945, coded "I8*K" at the time.
last update: 2024-September-22
1945-February-03 KIA RCAF Flying Officer John Francis Warrell 2021-07-10

Typhoon PD503

s/n
 PD503

Known Squadron Assignments: ;438


last update: 2024-November-19
1945-January-01 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Ross Whaley Keller 2021-08-12

Typhoon PD522

s/n
 PD522

Known Squadron Assignments: ;182


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-November-29 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Wylie Murray Weeks 2021-07-10

Typhoon PD523

s/n
 PD523

Known Squadron Assignments: ;440

With No. 440 (F) Squadron, RCAF, when lost over Holland on 21 November 1944. Came down near Horst.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-November-21 PoW RCAF Pilot Officer Jack Lindsay Duncan 2024-10-29

Typhoon PD526

s/n
 PD526

Known Squadron Assignments: ;257


last update: 2024-November-19
1944-November-19 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Fred Heath Broad 2024-11-18

Typhoon PD556

s/n
 PD556

Known Squadron Assignments: ;438


last update: 2024-November-19
1945-January-01 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Peter Wilson 2022-01-11

Typhoon PD592

s/n
 PD592

Known Squadron Assignments:

With No. 440 (F) Squadron, RCAF, when lost over Holland on 24 February 1945. Came down near Enschede, south east of Holten.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon PD601

s/n
 PD601

Known Squadron Assignments: ;440


last update: 2024-November-19
1945-January-21 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Percy Harold Kearse 2021-08-12

Typhoon R7818

s/n
 R7818

Known Squadron Assignments: ;609


last update: 2024-November-19
1942-November-05 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Stanley Herbert Spallin 2021-07-23

Typhoon R7854

s/n
 R7854

Known Squadron Assignments: ;56


last update: 2024-November-19
1943-January-17 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Frederick Alexander Sullivan 2021-07-21

Typhoon R7863

s/n
 R7863

Known Squadron Assignments: ;1


last update: 2024-November-19
1943-May-19 PoW RCAF Flight Lieutenant Ernest Arthur Glover 2021-05-18

Typhoon R7867

s/n
 R7867

Known Squadron Assignments: ;1


last update: 2024-November-19
1942-October-21 KIFA RAF Flying Officer Paul Nelson Dobie 2024-10-22

Typhoon R7876

s/n
 R7876

Known Squadron Assignments: ;1


last update: 2024-November-19
1943-March-29 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Cyril Leslie Bolster 2024-11-14

Typhoon R8633

s/n
 R8633

Known Squadron Assignments: ;257


last update: 2024-November-19
1942-July-29 KIA RCAF Flying Officer William Ralph McDunnough 2021-08-17

Typhoon R8799

s/n
 R8799

Known Squadron Assignments: ;56


last update: 2024-November-19
1943-April-10 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Richard Salisbury Birks 2024-11-12

Typhoon R8927

s/n
 R8927

Known Squadron Assignments: ;182


last update: 2024-November-19
1943-August-19 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Manley Ignatius Fraleigh 2023-09-23

Typhoon R8971

s/n
 R8971

Known Squadron Assignments: ;439

Re;ported with No. 438 (F) Sqyuadron, RCAF, no details. Later operated by No. 439 (F) Squadron, RCAF. Flew into a hill near Cummnock Scotland, killing the pilot Flying Officer E.L. Dixon (J20973) of Toronto, on 20 February 1944. This was the first fatal crash of a 143 Wing Typhoon.
last update: 2024-September-22
1944-February-20 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Elton Lascelles Dixon 2024-10-21

Typhoon RB201

s/n
 RB201

Known Squadron Assignments: ;440


last update: 2024-November-19
1945-March-25 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Donald Edward Jenvey DFC, MiD 2021-08-11

Typhoon RB217

s/n
 RB217

Known Squadron Assignments: ;438


last update: 2024-November-19
1945-April-04 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Earl James McAlpine 2021-08-17

Typhoon RB325

s/n
 RB325

Known Squadron Assignments: ;440


last update: 2024-November-19
1945-January-23 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Harold Byers 2021-05-11

Typhoon RB333

s/n
 RB333

Known Squadron Assignments: ;438


last update: 2024-November-19
1945-January-23 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Ivan James Vincent Wallace 2024-01-25

Typhoon RB338

s/n
 RB338

Known Squadron Assignments: ;440


last update: 2024-November-19
1945-February-28 KIA RCAF Flying Officer William Robert Gibbs 2021-08-07

Typhoon RB342

s/n
 RB342

Known Squadron Assignments: ;438

With No. 438 Squadron, RCAF, coded "F3*Q". Lost on 23 April 1945, Flying Officer T. Hartnett killed. Hit by flak, crashed about 11:00, 3 km SE of Dahlenburg, SE of Lneburg.
last update: 2024-September-22
1945-April-23 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Timothy Hartnett 2021-09-21

Typhoon RB343

s/n
 RB343

Known Squadron Assignments: ;56


last update: 2024-November-19
1945-February-01 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer Nelson Leslie Gordon 2021-08-07

Typhoon RB377

s/n
 RB377

Known Squadron Assignments:

Served with No. 440 Squadron, RCAF, coded "Z". Also with No. 439 Squadron, RCAF, coded 5V*W.
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon RB389

s/n
 RB389

Known Squadron Assignments:

Served with No. 439 Squadron, RCAF. Served with No. 440 Squadron, RCAF, coded "I8*P".
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon RB392

s/n
 RB392

Known Squadron Assignments: ;181


last update: 2024-November-19
1945-February-13 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class William Allan Jones Graham 2021-02-21

Typhoon RB427

s/n
 RB427

Known Squadron Assignments:

Served with No. 440 Squadron, RCAF, coded "I8*A".
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon RB429

s/n
 RB429

Known Squadron Assignments: ;438


last update: 2024-November-19
1945-April-26 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Edward Dale Brydon 2024-07-12

Typhoon RB435

s/n
 RB435

Known Squadron Assignments: ;439

Served with No. 439 Squadron, RCAF.
last update: 2024-September-22
1945-March-30 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant William George Davis 2024-10-03

Typhoon RB452

s/n
 RB452

Known Squadron Assignments:

Served with No. 440 Squadron, RCAF, coded "I8*X".
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon RB495

s/n
 RB495

Known Squadron Assignments:

Served with No. 439 Squadron, RCAF. Served with No. 440 Squadron, RCAF, coded "I8*T".
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon SW393

s/n
 SW393

Known Squadron Assignments: ;438

With No. 438 (F) Squadron, RCAF, coded "F3*B". Crashed in southern Denmark on 1 June 1945, Squadron Leader J.R. Beirens killed.
last update: 2024-September-22
1945-June-01 KIA RCAF Squadron Leader Jack Rife Beirnes DFC & Bar 2024-11-11

Typhoon SW412

s/n
 SW412

Known Squadron Assignments: ;182


last update: 2024-November-19
1945-April-19 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Lawrence Kendall Jackson 2021-08-11

Typhoon SW428

s/n
 SW428

Known Squadron Assignments:

Served with No. 439 Squadron, RCAF, coded "5V*S". Also with No. 440 Squadron, coded "I8*S".
last update: 2024-September-22

Typhoon SW443

s/n
 SW443

Known Squadron Assignments: ;439

Served with No. 439 Squadron, RCAF, coded "5V*M".
last update: 2024-September-22
1945-May-03 KIA RCAF Flying Officer George Franklin Burden 2023-09-15

Typhoon SW475

s/n
 SW475

Known Squadron Assignments: ;175


last update: 2024-November-19
1945-April-13 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Louis Holmes Parker DFC 2021-08-18

Typhoon SW552

s/n
 SW552

Known Squadron Assignments: ;181


last update: 2024-November-19
1945-April-05 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Robert Francis Galbraith AM 2021-11-06

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