ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 247529
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| Date: | Tuesday 18 July 1944 |
| Time: | 07:55 |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MN644 |
| MSN: | I8-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Frementel, Caen, Calvados -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B-9 Lantheuil |
Hit by flak, pilot successfully abandonned aircraft and evaded capture by the enemy. He walked back in charge of 120 enemy prisonners the army dumped on him.
Pilot was R/135831 WO2 Richard Arthur Watson (RCAF)
Sources:
440 Squadron RCAF flight logs & records from DND archive microfilms
https://www.thetyphoonproject.org/440/Richard%20Arthur-Watson.html
https://www.rcafassociation.ca/heritage/search-awards/?search=J88228&searchfield=servicenumber&type=all
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=88228&qand=&exc1=&exc2=
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=440+sqd+rcaf&qand=&exc1=&exc2=
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Feb-2021 21:05 | tachel | Added |
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