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| Date: | Saturday 18 March 1944 |
| Time: | 10:45 |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | JR439 |
| MSN: | I8- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 5 miles south of New Galloway, Kirkcudbrightshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ayr |
| RAF Hurn |
Aircraft was #2 in a 5 aircraft vic on a ferry flight flying at 4,500 feet between thick cloud layers. Formation entered thick cloud and were separated. Lead instructed to take heading towards water in a gradual descent. When they broke out, lead could'nt make contact with his #2. Aircraft hit high ground while still in cloud. Pilot was killed.
Pilot was J19123 P/O Kenneth Osborne Mitchell (RCAF).
Sources:
Personnel records containing crash investigation from DND archives on Ancestry.ca
440 Sqn records and flight logs from DND Canada archives
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=19123
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=440+sqd+rcaf
https://www.thetyphoonproject.org/440/Kenneth%20Osborne-Mitchell.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Jan-2021 14:16 | tachel | Added |
| 25-Jan-2021 14:19 | tachel | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
| 25-Jan-2021 14:20 | tachel | Updated [Narrative] |
| 25-Jan-2021 14:25 | tachel | Updated [Registration] |
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