ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 268216
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| Date: | Sunday 2 July 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | 412 (Falcon) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MK199 |
| MSN: | VZ- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 20 Miles SE of Caen -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B4 Bény-sur-Mer |
Shot down by a Fw-190.
Pilot was J/18734 F/O Harlow Wilbur Bowker (RCAF)
Sources:
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=MK199
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2955546
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=18734&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 August 1944 | MJ304 | 412 (Falcon) Sqn RCAF | 0 | 20 miles west of Alencon, near Les Chapelles | |
sub |
| 25 September 1944 | NH322 | 412 (Falcon) Sqn RCAF | 0 | 2 km northeast of Elsendorp, Noord-Brabant |  |
w/o |
| 1 October 1944 | ML351 | 412 (Falcon) Sqn RCAF | 1 | along the Osseweg road, Heesch, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 19 November 1944 | PV245 | 412 (Falcon) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Lippramsdorf, North Rhine-Westphalia |  |
w/o |
| 19 November 1944 | PL204 | 412 (Falcon) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Lippramsdorf, North Rhine-Westphalia | |
w/o |
| 22 February 1945 | PL252 | 412 (Falcon) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Hooge Wijst, Heesch, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Sep-2021 19:13 | tachel | Added |
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