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| Date: | Monday 12 June 1944 |
| Time: | 13:15 |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 438 (Wild Cat) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MN538 |
| MSN: | F3-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | English channel off St Catherine's Point of the Isle of Wight -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Hurn, Hants |
| Verdun |
Aircraft developped engine trouble after the bombing mission and pilot had to abandon aircraft over the channel off the Isle of Wight. Pilot was rescued by the Royal Navy after a mere 15 minutes in his dinghy and returned to his unit uninjured.
Pilot: J/11316 F/O Theodore Alexander Bugg (RCAF)
Sources:
438 SQN archives
https://backtonormandy.org/my-page/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hawker-typhoon/110576-4152455.html
https://aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=11316&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
https://caspir.warplane.com/asrc/acn/200001685/#MN687
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
Images:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Dec-2017 18:02 | tachel | Added |
| 21-Mar-2021 17:46 | tachel | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 24-Dec-2023 15:36 | tachel | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Dec-2023 15:39 | tachel | Updated [Location, Destination airport, ] |
| 24-Dec-2023 15:40 | tachel | Updated [Country, ] |
| 24-Dec-2023 15:49 | tachel | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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