ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 307380
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| Date: | Tuesday 6 October 1942 |
| Time: | 16:40 |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk IIC |
| Owner/operator: | 238 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HL615 |
| MSN: | VK-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near El Daba -
 Egypt
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | LG154 Egypt |
Starboard wing tip struck the ground while straffing enemy ground troops. Aircraft crashed, pilot was captured and spent the remainder of the war as a POW in Germany.
Pilot was R/76443 Sgt. Harry Albert Inder (RCAF)
Sources:
238 Sqn wartime records from The National Archives UK
RCAF wartime records from DND Archives Canada microfilms
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=HL615
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