Spitfire EN850 Mk Vb - Sweep - 1942-08-19 to 1942-08-19
Squadron: 403 (F) Sqn (RCAF)
Start Date: 1942-08-19
Completion Date: 1942-08-19
Mission: Sweep
Operation: Operation Jubilee
Target City:
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Manston
Take Off Time:
Squadron Code: KH-G
Radio Code:
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Return Time:
Crash City: France
Crash Specifics: near Dieppe
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
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Enemy Claim: unspecified
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403 Wolf Squadron (Stalk And Strike) RAF Manston. Pilot Officer LeClare Allerthorn Walker MiD (RCAF) was killed in action when his Spitfire Vb aircraft EN 850 KH-G was shot down near Dieppe, France

Pilot Officer Walker was Mentioned in Dispatches on three separate occasions

The Greatest Air Battle, Dieppe, 19th August 1942 by Norman Franks, pages 67, 235

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