ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 268427
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| Date: | Friday 27 April 1945 |
| Time: | 11:10 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | 430 (City of Sudbury) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | RM821 |
| MSN: | G9-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near Ahausen, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B-116 Wunstorf |
Experienced engine problems during mission and turned back to base. Tried for altitude when engine quit but was still well below 2300 foot ceiling when he baled out. His parachute caught on the empennage, he perished in the crash and explosion.
Pilot was J/42461 F/O Lloyd Peter Hedley (RCAF)
Sources:
430 Sqdn war time records and daily diary from RCAF historical microfilmed archives
Pilot's personnel records from DND Archives Canada
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=42461&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2199026
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=RM821
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=rm821&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Oct-2021 21:44 | tachel | Added |
| 08-Jun-2022 22:04 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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