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| Date: | Thursday 15 June 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MN417 |
| MSN: | 5V- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Carpiquet Luftwaffe airfield -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Hurn, Hants |
Shot down by flak over Carpiquet Luftwaffe airfield, empennage was baddly damaged and engine caught fire.
Pilot was J/22382 F/O J.W. Ross RCAF, he was taken prisonner. POW
Sources:
Paradie RCAF database
439 SQN archives
Back to Normandy
RCAF OVERSEAS
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Dec-2017 19:50 | tachel | Added |
| 28-Dec-2017 07:29 | tachel | Updated [Narrative] |
| 12-Oct-2020 15:06 | tachel | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative] |
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