ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 268300
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| Date: | Wednesday 20 September 1944 |
| Time: | 10:40 |
| Type: |  North American Mustang Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 430 (City of Sudbury) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | AM201 |
| MSN: | S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Vorselaar, Antwerp -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.66 Diest |
Flight of 2 took off at 10h25 for a Tac Recce in the Arnhem area but aborted mid mission due to inclement weather. Lead instructed to return to base which was acknowledged over the RT. Repeated subsequent calls remained unanswered. Aircraft believed to have impacted the ground due to pilot loss of situational awareness in low clouds and heavy rain.
Pilot was: J/10304 F/L John Wesley Cowling (RCAF)
Sources:
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/fra/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2807030
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=10304&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=AM201
Data from pilot's personnel records from DND Archives Canada
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Oct-2021 13:54 | tachel | Added |
| 03-Oct-2021 13:54 | tachel | Updated [Source] |
| 03-Oct-2021 13:55 | tachel | Updated [Narrative] |
| 25-Jun-2022 21:04 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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