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| Date: | Saturday 12 August 1944 |
| Time: | 19:20 |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 438 (Wild Cat) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MN687 |
| MSN: | F3-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Flers, Normandy -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Lantheuil |
3 x Typhoons took of at 19h00 to hit a bridge at Flers. This aircraft received a direct flak hit and exploded in mid air during its attack dive.
Aircraft was flown by J/11316 Flight Lieutenant Theodore Alexander Bugg (RCAF)
Sources:
438 SQN RCAF archives.
https://backtonormandy.org
https://aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=11316&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
https://caspir.warplane.com/pdoc/pn/600002488/
438 Sqn war time records from historical microfilms at https://heritage.canadiana.ca/
Personnel file of F/L Bugg from Ancestry.ca WW2 military records
https://www.thetyphoonproject.org/438/Theodore%20Alexander-Bugg.html
https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=mn687
Images:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Nov-2017 16:58 | tachel | Added |
| 15-Dec-2017 20:33 | tachel | Updated [Cn, ] |
| 21-Mar-2021 17:50 | tachel | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 24-Dec-2023 15:27 | tachel | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
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