ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 309058
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| Date: | Wednesday 8 March 1944 |
| Time: | 16:30 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | 403 (Wolf) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MJ356 |
| MSN: | KH- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 3 kilometres southwest of Champigny-la-Futelaye -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Friston |
8 Spitfires on a "Ranger" low level sweep to the Paris area. Aircraft was hit by flak while at low level near Evreux on the outbound leg. Pilot crash landed and managed to egress overturned aircraft which was beginning to burn. He evaded capture with the help of the French resistance, made it to Gibraltar after 2 months and eventually returned to flying duties after some leave in Canada.
Pilot was: J/4242 F/L David Goldberg DFC (RCAF)
Sources:
403 wartime records from RCAF/DND Canada archives (microfilms)
https://www.rcafassociation.ca/heritage/search-awards/?search=J4242&searchfield=servicenumber&type=all
https://aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=4242&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
https://aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=MJ356&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
https://www.rcafassociation.ca/heritage/history/403-squadron-orb/403-squadron-operations-record-book-1944/
https://www.rcafassociation.ca/heritage/history/403-squadron-orb/403-squadron-operations-record-book-1944/
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=MJ356
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 March 1943 | BS196 | 403 (Wolf) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Near Grandvilliers, Oise | |
w/o |
| 18 November 1943 | MH361 | 403 (Wolf) Sqn RCAF | 1 | English Channel 15 miles west of Boulogne | |
mis |
| 22 February 1945 | SM338 | 403 (Wolf) Sqn RCAF | 0 | southwest of Enschede, Overijssel |  |
w/o |
| 19 March 1945 | SM208 | 403 (Wolf) Sqn RCAF | 1 | near Huis Landfort, Landfortseweg, Megchelen, Gelderland | |
w/o |
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