Sea Fury VW658 Mk. 11 - Combat - 1951-04-14 to 1951-04-14
Squadron: 898 (F) Sqn (RN)
Start Date: 1951-04-14
Completion Date: 1951-04-14
Mission: Combat
Operation: unspecified
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Crash City: North Korea
Crash Specifics: near Wonsan
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: flak
Flak Battery: unspecified
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898 Squadron HMS Ocean RNFAA. Lieutenant (N) Irvin Lawrence Bowman, flying Hawker Sea Fury aircraft VW 658 was hit by flak while on a strike against fuel dumps and trenches near Wonsan , North Korea. Lieutenant Bowman force-landed his aircraft near a railway line and was rescued, uninjured, by a US Navy helicopter and returned to safety

Canada's Naval Aviators by John MacFarlane and Robbie Hughes, page2 16-17

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