ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 246458
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| Date: | Wednesday 7 June 1944 |
| Time: | 08:25 |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MN257 |
| MSN: | I8-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North of Caen -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hurn |
Pilot successfully abandonned aircraft near coast North of Caen after being damaged by flak.
Pilot was J/26406 P/O Ronald William Doidge (RCAF). He was back at his unit 4 days later on 11 June.
Sources:
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=26406
https://www.ancestry.ca/imageviewer/collections/9145/images/42127_83024005508_0339-00290?backUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ancestry.ca%2Fcgi-bin%2Fsse.dll%3F_phsrc%3Dknp482%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D9145%26cp%3D0%26_F4E2F07A%3DJ26406%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26uidh%3Dv66%26redir%3Dfalse%26msT%3D1%26gss%3Dangs-d%26pcat%3D39%26fh%3D0%26h%3D59372%26recoff%3D%26ml_rpos%3D1%26queryId%3D61625d1bd7f97741fbfe3afba4daa5b8&ssrc=&rdb=CANWWIIkia&st=r&_ga=2.25007546.1232071623.1609698866-1972243370.1603144649&_gac=1.250208690.1607791402.EAIaIQobChMImL_N0vHI7QIVwsfICh3sDADOEAAYASAAEgLon_D_BwE&pId=59372
https://www.rcaf111fsquadron.com/pilots.html
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=MN257
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 October 1944 | MN805 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Rheinischer Bahnhof railway station at Geldern, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Jan-2021 16:46 | tachel | Added |
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