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| Date: | Saturday 12 August 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MN553 |
| MSN: | 5V-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | SE of Caen over Orne river -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.9 Lantheuil |
Hit by flak in the starboard wing and main tanks at about 5000 feet and fell out of control. Pilot was J/20587 F/O Ernest James Allen RCAF. he managed to bail out but was found dead on the ground.
Sources:
439 SQN archives.
Veterans Affairs Canada
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2331431
Back to Normandy
https://backtonormandy.org/my-page/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hawker-typhoon/110591-4152413.html
http://www.thisisme.ca/439squadron/TIGER/Honour-Allen.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Dec-2017 20:35 | tachel | Added |
| 26-Dec-2017 08:36 | tachel | Updated [Location, ] |
| 30-Nov-2020 14:42 | tachel | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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