ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 308763
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| Date: | Wednesday 2 August 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | 412 (Falcon) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MJ304 |
| MSN: | VZ- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | 20 miles west of Alencon, near Les Chapelles -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B-4 Beny-sur-Mer |
12 x Spitfires took off at 14h00 on an armed reconnaissance mission to the Alencon area. 30+ enemy aircraft attacked the formation from above approximately 20 miles west of target. This aircraft was hit by a Bf109 of 3/JG-5 flown by Uffr A. Schoppler. The engine seized and the pilot crash landed the aircraft in a field injuring his knee. He was turned over to German authorities by a local, taken to hospital in Alencon. He escaped from the hospital and was helped by locals to allied lines.
Pilot: J/6289 S/L Jackson Eddie (Adis) Sheppard DFC RCAF - 412 Squadron commanding officer
Sources:
RCAF wartime archives from RCAF/DND Archives Canada
412 Sqn diaries & records from RCAF historical microfilms
https://www.rcafassociation.ca/heritage/search-awards/?search=j6289&searchfield=servicenumber&type=all
https://aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=6289&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
https://acesofww2.com/can/aces/sheppard_JE.htm
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=MJ304
https://aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=mj304&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 July 1944 | MK199 | 412 (Falcon) Sqn RCAF | 1 | 20 Miles SE of Caen | |
w/o |
| 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 |
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