Hurricane 5668 Mk. XII - Reconnaissance - 1944-02-03 to 1944-02-03
Squadron: 126 (F) Sqn (RCAF)
Start Date: 1944-02-03
Completion Date: 1944-02-03
Mission: Reconnaissance
Operation: unspecified
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Base: RCAF Station Gander, Newfoundland
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Squadron Code: BV-H
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Crash City: Newfoundland
Crash Specifics: thirty miles south of the Gander aerodrome at Deer Pond
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: weather
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126 Flying Lancers (F) Squadron, RCAF Station, Gander, Newfoundland. Flying Officer Kenneth Alfred Lobb (RCAF) was flying Canadian-built (Canadian Car and Foundry) Hurricane XII aircraft 5668 H on a dawn patrol when his aircraft was engulfed in a heavy snow squall and flew into the ground. Flying Officer Lobb was killed in action when he crashed thirty miles south of the aerodrome at Deer Pond, Newfoundland

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