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| Date: | Sunday 19 November 1944 |
| Time: | 09:35 |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MN801 |
| MSN: | I8- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Kerken, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B-78 Eindhoven NL |
Hit by flak while still bomb laden during dive bombing attack. Aircraft exploded in mid air.
Pilot was J/40775 F/O John Morgan Cordick (RCAF)
Sources:
440 Squadron (RCAF) records (DND Canada)
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=40775
Personnel records at Ancestry,ca
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=MN801
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=j%2F40775
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2035812
Google Earth
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jan-2021 17:56 | tachel | Added |
| 27-May-2021 19:52 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, ] |
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