ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 169604
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| Date: | Tuesday 13 June 1944 |
| Time: | 17:30 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | 416 (City of Oshawa) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MJ824 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Normandy Beachhead, north of Caen -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ALG B.2, northeast of Bayeux |
The Wing Leader of 127 Wing, RAF, was leading two squadrons of the wing in a patrol over the Normandy Beachhead, taking off from the Advanced Landing Ground known as B.2.
At about 1730 the Wing Leader, who was flying a Spitfire of 416 Squadron, led the squadron on a heading which inadvertently brought them into conflict with 421 Squadron at about 1,200 feet and just under the cloud base.
The Wingco's Spitfire collided almost head on with a Spitfire of 421 Sqdn, NH415, and both aircraft broke up in the air, with MJ824 reportedly disintegrating.
W/Cdr Lloyd Vernon CHADBURN DSO, DFC and Bar RCAF - killed.
R.I.P.
Sources:
Spitfire production list
CWGC
http://www3.sympatico.ca/angels_eight/421black.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Sep-2014 21:44 | angels one five | Added |
| 07-Sep-2014 22:08 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 24-May-2015 20:12 | Iwosh | Updated [Time, Operator] |
| 24-May-2015 20:14 | Iwosh | Updated [Narrative] |
| 05-Nov-2021 02:25 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
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