ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51403
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| Date: | Wednesday 8 September 1943 |
| Time: | 14:20 LT |
| Type: |  North American Mustang Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 414 (City of Sarnia) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | AP197 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea near Dunkirk (Dunkerque, département du Nord) -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ashford, Kent |
Operated by No. 414 (FR) Squadron, RCAF, coded "RU-Z". Shot down by an Fw 190A of the 8./JG 26 near Dunkirk on 8 September 1943, during a reconnaissance mission to Lille, France. The pilot of the Fw 190 was Uffz. G. Wiegand.
Pilot:
F/O (J/20144) Robert Edwin BAKER (pilot) RCAF - killed. - note: washed up pole 32,4 Bergen aan Zee on 6 Oct 43
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20120317051003/http://www.ody.ca/~bwalker/RAF_owned_AG100.html
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2880&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.defensie.nl/media/verliesregister_1943_tcm46-154754.pdf
http://www.airwar39-45.nl/media/Downloads/SGLO_Verlieslijst_T_1943_versie_02_28-09-2010.pdf
http://www.manitobamilitaryaviationmuseum.com/PDF/414Squadron.pdf
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-Sep-2011 13:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2011 23:46 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 26-Jan-2013 14:29 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 05-Nov-2014 16:42 | Digger | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 17-Jan-2018 10:24 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source] |
| 31-Aug-2018 14:50 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Oct-2018 06:51 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 18-Oct-2018 15:19 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 23-Aug-2021 12:21 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Country, Source] |
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