ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 348572
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| Date: | Tuesday 14 September 1943 |
| Time: | 23:45 |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 137 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | KZ656 |
| MSN: | SF- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea off the coast of Belgium near Ostend -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Manston |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Aircraft on night anti shipping mission near the Belgium coast. Took off from Manston at 23h05. Last radio contact was made at 23h45 when 2 miles from Ostende. Failed to return, missing.
Pilot was J/26498 F/O Hugh Gilchrist Dickson (RCAF)
Sources:
137 Sqn wartime record from the National Archives UK
Pilot's personel file from RCAF Canada Archives (Ancestry.ca military records)
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/232217
https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=KZ656
https://aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=26498&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 September 1943 | KX698 | 137 Sqn RAF | 1 | locks near Hansweert, Zeeland |  |
w/o |
| 7 October 1943 | KZ620 | 137 Sqn RAF | 1 | North Sea near Zeeland | |
mis |
| 1 January 1945 | V7752 | 137 Sqn RAF | 0 | B.78 Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Dec-2023 20:45 | tachel | Added |
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