Spitfire ER345 Mk Vb (Trop) - Combat - 1943-04-19 to 1943-04-19
Squadron: 417 (F) Sqn (RCAF)
Start Date: 1943-04-19
Completion Date: 1943-04-19
Mission: Combat
Operation: unspecified
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Base: RAF Ben Gardane, Tunisia
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Crash City: Tunisia
Crash Specifics: unspecified
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: fighter
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Enemy Claim: unspecified
War Diary Unavailable
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417 City of Windsor Squadron (Supporting Liberty and Justice). Spitfire aircraft ER 345, was one of four 417 Squadron Spitfires lost while escorting Kittyhawk aircraft near Cap Bon, Tunisia. Spitfire ER 345's pilot, Flying Officer DE Bruce (RCAF), was missing, presumed killed in action

Flying Officer Bruce has no known grave and is commemorated on the Alamein War Memorial

Please see aircraft serials ER 634, ES 135 and ER 343 for additional information

The RCAF Overseas, The First Four Years, page 333

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