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Date: | Monday 19 April 1943 |
Time: | 14:10 |
Type: | Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb |
Owner/operator: | 417 (City of Windsor) Sqn RCAF |
Registration: | ER343 |
MSN: | AN- |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Cape Bon -
Tunisia
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Port Sudan aerodrome |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:417 (RCAF) Sqn was escorting (RAF) Kittyhawk Sqn on armed recce in the Cap Bon - Tunis area. Both formations were jumped by over 2 dozen Bf-109s. This aircraft was shot down by an enemy fighter, the pilot bailed out safely but was captured.
Pilot was J/16761 F/O George Christopher Armstrong (RCAF)
Sources:
417 Sqn RCAF records from DND Archives micrifilms
Personnel file of F/O Armstrong
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