Hurricane BD867 Mk. IIC - Sweep Dieppe France - 1942-08-19 to 1942-08-19
Squadron: 3 (I) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1942-08-19
Completion Date: 1942-08-19
Mission: Sweep
Operation: Operation Jubilee
Target City: Dieppe France
Target Specific: flak batteries
Base: RAF Hunsdon
Take Off Time:
Squadron Code: QO-Y
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: English Channel
Crash Specifics: off the coast of France near Dieppe
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: flak
Flak Battery: unspecified
Enemy Claim:
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3 Squadron (Tertius Primus Erit), RAF Hunston. Hurricane IIc aircraft BD 867 QO-Y was shot down by flak while attacking gun positions in Dieppe Harbour with his aircraft's four Hispano 20mm cannons and crashed into the sea nine miles south of Dieppe, France.

Flight Sergeant Stirling David Banks (RCAF) was originally missing, presumed killed in action. His body was recovered 1942-09-25 at sea and he was buried in France

The Greatest Air Battle, Dieppe, 19th August 1942 by Norman Franks, pages 46,229

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