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| Date: | Sunday 18 January 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Brewster 339E Buffalo |
| Owner/operator: | 488 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W8141 |
| MSN: | 157 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | over Phillip Channel -
 Singapore
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Shot down by Japanese fighters, ditched in the Phillip Channel off Singapore.
Pilot: P/O E W Cox - missing believed killed. Remembered at Singapore Memoria (Column 421)
Sources:
www.adf-gallery.com.au/nz-serials/nzbuffalo.htm
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1814290/ernest-wilkin-cox/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jul-2022 01:08 | Ron Averes | Added |
| 08-Jul-2022 03:51 | Ron Averes | Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative, ] |
| 06-May-2025 15:53 | MMR | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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