ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 266567
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| Date: | Friday 28 January 1944 |
| Time: | 12:40 LT |
| Type: |  North American P-51 Mustang Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 414 Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | AG503 |
| MSN: | RU-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Chandelles, Coulombs, Eure-et-Loir 28 -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Gatwick, Surrey |
The aircraft crashed in aerial combat with two Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-7 aircraft of 2./JG 105.
Together with three other Mustangs the aircraft was flying a Ranger mission in the Chartres area. They had taken off at 11:30 hrs.
28-year-old F/O Robert Oswald Brown did not survive; he is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
https://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=6506
Google Maps
414 Sqn RCAF combat report
https://www.rcafassociation.ca/heritage/history/rcaf-and-the-crucible-of-war/414-squadron/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Aug-2021 10:40 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 09-Aug-2021 12:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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