ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 246681
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| Date: | Wednesday 26 July 1944 |
| Time: | 18:00 |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MN403 |
| MSN: | I8-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North of Caen, Calvados -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B-9 Lantheuil |
Hit by flak on bombing mission. Pilot abandonned aircraft North of Caen and parachuted safely within allied lines.
Pilot was R/176568 F/Sgt Nelson Leslie Gordon (RCAF)
Sources:
440 Squadron (RCAF) logs and records from DND Canada
https://www.thetyphoonproject.org/raf/Nelson%20Leslie-Gordon.html
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=88818
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2458396
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=440+sqd+rcaf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 October 1944 | MN641 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Praest, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 24 March 1945 | MN777 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 0 | B.78 Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Jan-2021 16:28 | tachel | Added |
| 12-Jan-2021 16:51 | tachel | Updated [Source] |
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