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Date: | Monday 3 August 1942 |
Time: | |
Type: | Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk |
Owner/operator: | 250 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | Al199 |
MSN: | LD-? |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 2 miles north of Landing Ground #222 near Cairo -
Egypt
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Landing Ground #222 |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Unable to recover from spin under 250 feet. Pilot was R/67554 WO1 James Alexander Riddell (RCAF).
Sources:
http://www.gatheringourheroes.ca/hero/riddell-james-alexander/ Paradie RCAF archives
Veterans Affairs Canada:
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2209786 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Jan-2018 12:32 |
tachel |
Added |
12-Nov-2018 18:45 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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