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| Date: | Saturday 3 April 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 247 (China British) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DN534 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | English Channel, 7 km east of the Isle of Portland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wigsley |
On 3 April 1943 two Typhoon Ib of 247 Sqn RAF took off at 12:43 hrs for a defensive patrol on the English southern coast. The engine of the Typhoon Ib DN534/E failed 7 km east of the Isle of Portland and it was lost at sea with his pilot, F/Sgt David ARCHIBALD RNZAF, who is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
http://muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/Cenotaph/17262.detail
RAF Fighter Command activity in 1943 file, by Tony Wood (http://lesbutler.co.uk/claims/tonywood.htm)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Portland
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=fr&lat=50.550000&lon=-2.440000&z=12&m=w
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Apr-2020 05:55 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
| 06-Aug-2021 09:26 | SF | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator, ] |
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