ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203032
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Date: | Monday 17 July 1944 |
Time: | |
Type: | Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
Owner/operator: | 438 (Wild Cat) Sqn RCAF |
Registration: | MN707 |
MSN: | F3-E |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | SE of Caen near Orne river -
France
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | B.9 Lantheuil |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Shot down by flak while bombing Orne river bridge.
Crashed near Caen.
Pilot was J/11317 F/O Robert Melne McKenzie RCAF.
Sources:
438 SQN archives
Veterans Affairs Canada
Back to Normandy
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
21 February 1945 |
PD476 |
438 (Wild Cat) Sqn RCAF |
0 |
northeast of Piershil, Zuid-Holland |
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w/o |
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2017 08:05 |
tachel |
Added |
01-Jan-2018 10:44 |
tachel |
Updated [Date, Location] |
21-Mar-2021 17:48 |
tachel |
Updated [Photo] |
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