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| Date: | Wednesday 11 October 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Taylorcraft Auster AOP.V |
| Owner/operator: | 127 Wg RCAF |
| Registration: | NJ669 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Deurneseweg, Ysselsteyn, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.82 Grave |
| B.70 Antwerp/Deurne, Belgium |
Pilot: F/O Louis Paul Emile Piche age 33 of New London Connecticut
Passenger: F/O Arthur J. Horrell age 24 of Windsor, Ontario
Both were Spitfire pilots on 443 Sqn (RCAF) stationed at B.82 Grave, Netherlands. Piche was flying Horrell to B.70 Antwerp to collect a Spitfire to ferry back to B.70. Weather was ceiling 2000', winds light.
Auster wandered over the German lines and was shot down by 20-mm flak near Deurne. Both pilots killed and interred in Venray War Cemetery, Limburg, Netherlands.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4519&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
"Proceedings of Court of Inquiry or Investigation RAF Form 412".
Court held at Rear HQ 83 Group, RAF on October 27, 1944
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-Nov-2009 23:26 | larry@canavbooks.com | Updated |
| 26-Jan-2011 02:20 | AusterBoys | Updated [Operator, Source, ] |
| 16-Mar-2013 03:09 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 31-Dec-2017 22:23 | TB | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 05-Oct-2019 14:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, ] |
| 05-Oct-2019 14:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 05-Oct-2019 14:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 05-Oct-2019 14:21 | TigerTimon | Updated [Destination airport, ] |
| 09-Oct-2019 15:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 05-Nov-2019 16:34 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 03-Feb-2020 18:31 | tachel | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 20-Jun-2022 10:36 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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