Squadron: 424 (B) Sqn (RCAF)
Start Date: 1944-01-22
Completion Date: 1944-01-22
Mission: Operational
Operation: unspecified
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Base: Skipton-on-Swale
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Squadron Code: QB H
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Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: engine
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War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable

Crashed during an overshoot at Skipton-on-Swale while on a local flying exercise on 22 January 1944. The starboard engine failed and the aircraft descended too fast on the approach to the aerodrome. FS Zacharias was the only casualty.

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