25/11/1944 137 Sqn Typhoon at Evere airfield B56

[Luc Vervoort]

Hi,
The orb of 137 Squadron (AIR 27/954, Form 540) mentions a forced landing of a Typhoon at Evere airfield :

F/O.Ensell ferried a new aircraft to the Unit from England. F/O. J.R.Nixon left with F/O.Ensell, but the next heard of him was that he had force lobbed at B.56 Airfield. He was quite safe, but the aircraft was Cat.AC.

This crash is not mentioned in the orb of B.56 Evere (AIR 28/62).

Which was the serial of the aircraft which made this minor crash at Evere airfield ? Was the pilot of this plane F/O. A.Ensell or F/O. J.R.Nixon ?

Many thanks and best regards

Luc

[AndyMa]

From that excerpt, F/O Nixon was the pilot of the aircraft which landed at Evere.

[Luc Vervoort]

AndyMa,


Thanks for confirming the name of the pilot.


Best regards


Luc

[Leendert]

Luc,
Must be same F/O J.R. Nixpn who f/l near Kleve on 4 April 1945 in Typhoon MN863 after being hit by flak...Still with No. 137 Squadron.

Groet,
Leendert

[Luc Vervoort]

Goodmorning Leendert,

Many thanks for this additional info.

Happy Easter !

Best regards

Luc

[Chris Thomas]

Hello. Just seen this. F/O J.R.Nixon was flying PD619; he was flying from Tangmere to Eindhoven but had an engine failure in the circuit at Evere and force-landed in a field nearby, wheels down, and turned over. PD619 taken back to the UK for repair but was not completed before the cease-fire so was scrapped (may 45).
Nixon was usually known as 'Hank; he is the pilot in the well-known colour photo from the RCAF collection.

[Luc Vervoort]

Hello Chris,

Many thanks for this interesting info.

Best regards from Belgium

Luc