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| Date: | Saturday 8 July 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MN464 |
| MSN: | 5V-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | B.4 Beny-sur-Mer -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.9 Lantheuil |
Pilot was J/20648 F/O Frank MacDonald Thomas RCAF. Hit by flak while bombing and strafing enemy concentration of armoured fighting vehicles near St. Germain. In attempting an emergency landing at B-4 Beny-sur-Mer, the aircraft suddenly fell out of control at 100 ft. on the final approach. The machine dove, burst into flames, and one bomb exploded. F/O Thomas was thrown clear of the burning wreckage and died instantly.
Sources:
Veterabs Affairs Canada
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2060359
439 SQN archives
Back to Normandy
https://backtonormandy.org/my-page/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hawker-typhoon/110590-4152412.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Dec-2017 20:13 | tachel | Added |
| 28-Dec-2017 07:29 | tachel | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Oct-2020 18:37 | tachel | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
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