ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49578
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| Date: | Sunday 3 December 1944 |
| Time: | 09:00 |
| Type: |  North American Mustang Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 430 (City of Sudbury) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | AP188 |
| MSN: | F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North of Venlo, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.78 Eindhoven |
Operation - Recce flight. Damaged by intense accurate light and heavy flak. Pilot abandonned aircraft and made it safely back to unit. He was flying on ops again within 2 days.
Crew:
F/Lt Charles Frederick Bridges Stevens RCAF
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4767&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
430 Sqdn (RCAF) war diaries from RCAF historical microfilms
Personnel record of pilot from DND Archives Canada
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=1498&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=AP188
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
| 12 August 1944 | AG455 | 430 (City of Sudbury) Sqn RCAF | 1 | 1 km west of Noron l'Abbaye, Calvados |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-Oct-2019 07:04 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Feb-2020 18:22 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 03-Oct-2021 14:59 | tachel | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 16-Oct-2021 21:40 | tachel | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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