ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 307381
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| Date: | Wednesday 4 November 1942 |
| Time: | 07:00 |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk IIC |
| Owner/operator: | 238 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HL906 |
| MSN: | VK-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wast of El Daba -
 Egypt
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | El Adem |
12 Hurricanes, 6 from 238 Sqn RAF and 6 from 1 Sqn SAAF took off at 06:15 on a straffing mission to Galal. This aircraft was shot down by ground fire.
Pilot: R/78865 Sgt Frederick Ervine Wise (RCAF)
Sources:
238 Sqn wartime records from The National Archives UK
Sgt Wise's personnel record from RCAF/DND Archives
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1283099
https://aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=78865&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
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