ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 268419
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| Date: | Saturday 12 August 1944 |
| Time: | 08:50 |
| Type: |  North American Mustang Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 430 (City of Sudbury) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | AG455 |
| MSN: | F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 1 km west of Noron l'Abbaye, Calvados -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.8 Sommervieu |
Shot down by flak.
Pilot was J/16344 Flying Officer Francis Carlyle Goring (RCAF)
Sources:
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2930407
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=16344&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=AG455
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ag455&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Personnel records from DND Archives Canada
430 Sqdn war time records from RCAF historical microfilm archives
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 December 1944 | AP188 | 430 (City of Sudbury) Sqn RCAF | 0 | North of Venlo, Limburg |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Oct-2021 13:01 | tachel | Added |
| 08-Oct-2021 13:16 | tachel | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
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