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
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Crash Reason: fighter
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417 City of Windsor Squadron RCAF (Supporting Liberty and Justice) RAF Ben Gardane, Tunisia. Twelve Spitfires were escorting a group of Kittyhawks Northwest of Cap Bon, Tunisia when they were attacked by twenty or more ME109s that dove out of the sun. Four 417 Squadron Spitfires were shot down with one pilot killed in action and three pilots taken as Prisoners of War
Flight Lieutenant GC Armstrong (RCAF) survived and was taken as Prisoner of War
Please see aircraft serials ER 345, ER 364 and ER 343 for additional information
The RCAF Overseas, The First Four Years, page 333
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