ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 246478
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| Date: | Tuesday 6 June 1944 |
| Time: | 20:00 |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MN428 |
| MSN: | I8-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Saint-Manvieu-Norrey, Calvados -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hurn |
No hits on aircraft observed by rest of flight. Left formation to locate and escort home a damaged Typhoon from his flight. No further contact. A later report based on French witness indicates aircraft was hit by flak, pilot bailed out but parachute got caught on aircraft and he perished in crash.
Pilot was J/13588 F/O Leonard Ralph Allman (RCAF)
Sources:
440 Squadron (RCAF) wartime records
F/O Allman records from DND Canada
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=MN428
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=J%2F13588
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=13588
France-Crashes 39-45 for location
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 July 1944 | MN793 | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF | 1 | near Grainville | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jan-2021 16:47 | tachel | Added |
| 18-Apr-2022 07:25 | Ron Averes | Updated [Damage] |
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