Spitfire BL765 Mk Vb - Combat - 1942-12-12 to 1942-12-12
Squadron: 412 (F) Sqn (RCAF)
Start Date: 1942-12-12
Completion Date: 1942-12-12
Mission: Combat
Operation: unspecified
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Base: RAF Kenley
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Crash City: unspecified
Crash Specifics: crashed into English Channel
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Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
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412 Falcon Squadron (Promtus Ad Vindictum) RAF Kenley. Flying Officer SW Pearce (RCAF) was killed in action returning from an operational sweep when he crashed in his Spitfire Vb aircraft BL 765 in the middle of the English Channel, cause of loss unknown

Flying Officer Pearce has no known grave and is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial

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