ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 266623
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| Date: | Wednesday 2 June 1943 |
| Time: | 17:10 |
| Type: |  North American Mustang Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 430 (City of Sudbury) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | AM200 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Airel -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dinsfold |
Shot down by German heavy anti-aircraft defense while shooting up locomotives at the railway crossing at Airel. The pilot, J/10279 F/O Thomas Melville Pethick (RCAF), died in the crash.
Sources:
https://www.tracesofwar.com/sights/104294/Memorial-TM-Pethick-Crash-Mustang-I-AM200.htm
https://www.dday-overlord.com/en/battle-of-normandy/cities/airel
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=AM200
F/O Pethick's personnel records from DND Archives Canada
430 Sqdn war diaries from RCAF historical microfiche
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=am200&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2846115
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Aug-2021 09:14 | gerard57 | Added |
| 10-Oct-2021 00:50 | tachel | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Nov-2021 06:49 | tachel | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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