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| Date: | Tuesday 8 August 1944 |
| Time: | 10:45 |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MN313 |
| MSN: | I8- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near Clair Tizon -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B-9 Lantheuil |
Took a direct flak hit in the bombing dive, burst into flames, exploded in mid air.
Pilot was J26912 F/L Clifford Waldron Hicks (RCAF)
Sources:
440 Squadron wartime records (DND Canada)
https://www.thetyphoonproject.org/440/Clifford%20Waldron-Hicks.html
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=26912
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2333407
https://www.rcaf111fsquadron.com/pilots.html
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=440+sqd+rcaf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Jan-2021 19:35 | tachel | Added |
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