ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203080
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| Date: | Monday 5 June 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MN210 |
| MSN: | 5V-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Guernsey -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Hurn, Hants |
Aircraft piloted by J/8146 F/L John Walton Saville.
Shot down by flak over Guernsey.
Sources:
439 SQN archives
Veterans Affairs Canada
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2940928
Back to Normandy
https://backtonormandy.org/my-page/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hawker-typhoon/110589-4152411.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 August 1944 | MN310 | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF | 1 | St. Pierre la vieille |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Dec-2017 16:52 | tachel | Added |
| 20-Dec-2017 07:17 | tachel | Updated [Cn] |
| 28-Dec-2017 07:29 | tachel | Updated [Location, Country, Narrative] |
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