Squadron: 400 (R) Sqn (RCAF)
Start Date: 1942-08-19
Completion Date: 1942-08-19
Mission: Reconnaissance
Operation: Operation Jubilee
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Base: RAF Odiham
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Squadron Code: SP-
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Crash City: France
Crash Specifics: off the coast of Dieppe
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: fighter
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Enemy Claim: unspecified
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400 City Of Toronto Squadron (Percussuri Vigiles) RAF Odiham, Hants. Mustang Ia aircraft AM 151 SP- was one of a two-aircraft reconnaissance flight when it was shot down by a German Focke-Wulf 190 off the coast of Dieppe, France
Flying Officer David Garrett Burlingam (RCAF) was killed in action on his very first operational mission. His body washed ashore near Coxyde in Belgium1942-09-09 and he is buried there
The Greatest Air Battle, Dieppe, 19th August 1942 by Norman Franks, pages 141, 235
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