Spitfire AR334 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-
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Crash City: France
Crash Specifics: five miles south-east of Dieppe at St Aubin-le-Cauf
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: midair
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim: unspecified
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403 Wolf Squadron (Stalk And Strike) RAF Manston. Pilot Officer Norman Monchier (RCAF), flying Spitfire Vb aircraft AR 334 and Pilot Officer John Edwin Gardiner (RCAF) flying Spitfire Vb AR 439 were covering the beach landings at Dieppe, France when their two aircraft collided in mid-air. They were both killed when both aircraft crashed five miles south-east of Dieppe at St Aubin-le-Cauf, France

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

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