ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 269563
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| Date: | Saturday 28 October 1944 |
| Time: | 16:50 |
| Type: |  North American Mustang Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 430 (City of Sudbury) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | AM191 |
| MSN: | R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | near B.78 Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B-78 Eindhoven NL |
Take off at 16:20. 2 x Mustangs, F/L Prendergast in AM191 (R) as the photo aircraft and F/L McMahon in AM153 (T) as his top cover escort. They were jumped and accidently shot at by 2 x Spitfires, both aircraft taking hits. AM191 managed to return to base but AM153 burst into flames with the pilot bailing out safely.
Pilot was: J/8139 F/L James Bernard Prendergast RCAF
Ironically, within two weeks, the squadron had re-equipped...with Spitfires!
Sources:
http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1944%20sec_tcm5-7285.pdf
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=2670&page=10
430 Sqdn RCAF war time diary/records from RCAF historical microfilms
DND Archives Canada
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=430+sqd&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 June 1944 | AG553 | 430 (City of Sudbury) Sqn RCAF | 0 | near Dreux, Eure-et-Loir 28 |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Nov-2021 18:25 | tachel | Added |
| 16-Jun-2022 01:04 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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