Squadron: 43 (F) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1942-08-19
Completion Date: 1942-08-19
Mission: Ranger
Operation: Operation Jubilee
Target City: Dieppe France
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Base: RAF Tangmere
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Crash City: France
Crash Specifics: in a field beyond Dieppe
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: flak
Flak Battery: unspecified
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43 Squadron RAF (Gloria finis) RAF Tangmere. Warrant Officer 1st Class Henry "Hank" Wik (RCAF), flying Hurricane IIb aircraft BD 712 FT-Z was engaged in a Ranger sortie over Dieppe France as part of Operation Jubilee when he was shot down by ground-fire. The Hurricane crashed in a field beyond Dieppe and Warrant Officer Wik survived to become a Prisoner of War. He was sent to Stalag 344 until liberated and returned safely to the UK 1945-04-19
The Greatest Air Battle, Dieppe, 19th August 1942 by Norman Franks, pages45,230
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