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| Date: | Thursday 22 April 1943 |
| Time: | 10:30 |
| Type: |  North American Mustang Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 430 (City of Sudbury) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | AM255 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hindhead, Surrey, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dunsfold, Surrey |
Mustang AM255 flew into high ground in bad visibility during a training flight.
F/O (J/9421) Robert Burns REED RCAF - killed.
R.I.P.
Sources:
RAF Casualties-1943.
430 Sqdn (RCAF) war time diaries from RCAF historical microfilms
F/O Reed's personnel file from DND Archives Canada
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2928666
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=9424&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Nov-2012 21:42 | angels one five | Added |
| 13-Nov-2012 21:44 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 03-Aug-2013 15:33 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Nature, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Sep-2013 01:28 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 05-Nov-2014 17:00 | ABBA | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Dec-2014 22:40 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Nature, Narrative, ] |
| 25-May-2015 18:57 | DB | Updated [Operator, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Jan-2018 10:27 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Mar-2018 08:02 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 22-Jan-2021 20:46 | Vicktor | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 16-Oct-2021 15:24 | tachel | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, ] |
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