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| Date: | Saturday 19 August 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | PD448 |
| MSN: | 5V- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near Vimoutiers, 50 km SE of Caen -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.24 St. Andre |
Took off from for an Armed Reconnaissance over Orbec -Le-Sap-Vimoutiers-Fervaques (Normandy). Shot down by flak. Flt Lt Scharff is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial Panel 244.
Pilot was J/7814 F/L William Kenneth Scharff RCAF
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=5067
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2940968/SCHARFF,%20WILLIAM%20KENNETH
Back to Normandy https://backtonormandy.org/my-page/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hawker-typhoon/110593-4152415.html
Veterans Affairs Canada http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2940968
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Apr-2013 14:18 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 14-Apr-2013 14:47 | Uli Elch | Updated [Date, Registration, Operator, Location, Country, ] |
| 10-May-2013 16:46 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 01-Jun-2013 08:45 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 29-Aug-2013 21:50 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 31-Mar-2015 06:14 | Lixon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 25-May-2015 19:24 | King T. | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 03-Jul-2016 15:50 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Jul-2016 15:50 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 27-Aug-2017 18:37 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 19-Dec-2017 17:52 | tachel | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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