Accident Hawker Typhoon Mk IB MN720, Sunday 13 August 1944
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Date:Sunday 13 August 1944
Time:17:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic typh model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Hawker Typhoon Mk IB
Owner/operator:440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF
Registration: MN720
MSN: I8-
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Le Mesnil Villement, Calvados -   France
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:B-9 Lantheuil
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Hit by flak,perished in crash.
Pilot was J/21517 F/O Roger Eugene George McCurdy (RCAF)

Sources:

440 Squadron war time records from DND Canada microfiche
Archives Canada from Ancestry.ca
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2328081
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=440+sqd+rcaf
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=21517

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
30-Jan-2021 16:26 tachel Added
30-Jan-2021 16:30 tachel Updated [Location, ]

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