Thanks to Andy I'm going to do MN345 5V G of 439 Squadron flown by F/O James A(Alfred) Brown. The only information I could find of Mr.Brown came from
TEUGE'S MEMORY, a Dutch site.
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F / O James A. Brown
Service number: J28760
In service: 23/05/1944 - ???? Royal Canadian Air Force
Born: Berwyn, Alberta (Canada)
Device: Typhoon IB
Registration: MN345 / 5V-G
Unit: 439 Sqn RCAF, no. 143 Wing RCAF, B78 Eindhoven, December 1944
Date: 11/6/44
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F / O Brown made a total of 77 operational flights with a flight duration of 80:25, which brought him to a total number of flying hours of 703: 05.
Typhoon MN345
• The aircraft was delivered at the end of April 1944 to 438 Sqn as MN345 with code F3-D. Damage incurred by FLAK during D-Day was repaired by No. personnel. 419 RSU.
• At the end of August, the device received the code "G" at 439 Sqn and was adopted by F / O JA Brown, who named the device after his home town of Peace River in Canada.
• The black and white striped spinner was the favorite way to distract the FLAK operators, which unfortunately did not work in this case.
What is known about the crash on November 6, 1944?
• During an attack on trains in the Deventer area, the aircraft was hit at (too) low altitudes (during acceleration) by the air pressure of one of the bombs. The device may also have been hit by FLAK.
• Even though coolant (Glycol) was leaking, it was flown southwards towards enemy territory. F / O Brown jumped out of his plane and landed at the intersection at the Witte Brug on the Rijksstraatweg. Here he was immediately arrested (another source reports that this happened at the end of Basseltlaan).
• After being arrested, he was transferred to Stalag Luft 3, with number 8662. Brown survived the war and died as a pilot instructor at the Canadian Air Force (during the 1950s) together with his student. During a training flight one of the wings broke, after which the aircraft landed in a edderkop.
This is a translated version of the web page, I left the last word, "edderkop", which translates to "spider" untranslated so if anyone has any idea what may actually be meant please let me know, and any more information about Mr. Brown along with pictures of his plane would also be greatly appreciated. Next up is to order a few bits and bobs.
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