ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 305998
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| Date: | Saturday 18 April 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas DB-7B Boston Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | V9221 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Missing. -
 Indian Ocean
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Chittagong, Brit.India |
Hudson V9221: Shot downengaged by enemy fighter over Port Blair, Andaman Islands, India, 18/04/1942.
Failed to return from attack on Port Blair. Shot down by fighters.
Crew:
Sgt (1261851) John Robert FREHNER (RAFVR) - killed
Sgt (1284578) Gordon Henry JACKSON (RAFVR) POW (+29-11-43 killed as result of Allied bombing).
Sgt (919720) Albert FLOWER (RAFVR) POW (+29-11-43 killed as a result of Allied bombing).
Sgt (1255943) Sgt Percy William George HALL (RAFVR) POW Held Burma (Rangoon)
Sources:
AIR81/13712
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