Crash site Hawker Typhoon - Dalfsen, The Netherlands
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Axel-F
N 52° 27.643 E 006° 18.115
32U E 316700 N 5815705
Information panel of the Hawker Typhoon Mk 1b RB204 5V-E crash on Januari 14th 1945, just near the main road.
Waymark Code: WM18DX7
Location: Overijssel, Netherlands
Date Posted: 07/15/2023
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member ištván
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Crash site Hawker Typhoon Mk 1b RB204 5V-E
Deze Hawker Typhoon was van het 439 Squadron. De vliegenier, Joseph-Anatole Cote werd op 14 januari 1945 neergeschoten door Duitse FLAK maar overleefde de crash en de oorlog.

Joseph-Anatole Cote nam aan het begin van de Tweede Wereldoorlog dienst bij de RCAF en werd piloot. Hij werd opgeleid in Trois-Riverieres en in Trenton. Na zijn uitzending naar Engeland werd hij een airfield controller en vervolgens een actief piloot. Hij werd op 20 januari 1945 op deze locatie neergehaald maar overleefde de crash en de oorlog.
Bron: Traces of War

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Crash site Hawker Typhoon Mk 1b RB204 5V-E
This Hawker Typhoon belonged to the 439 Squadron. The aviator, Joseph-Anatole Cote was shot down on 14 January 1945 by German FLAK but survived the crash and the war.

Joseph-Anatole Cote enlisted in the RCAF at the start of World War II and became a pilot. He was educated in Trois-Riverieres and in Trenton. After his deployment to England he became an airfield controller and then an active pilot. He was shot down at this location on 20 January 1945 but survived the crash and the war.
Used source: Traces of War
Property Permission: Public

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Dalmsholterweg 6
Dalfsen, OV The Netherlands
7722 KJ


Commemoration: Crash of a Hawker Typhoon 1945

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