Spitfire BM406 Mk Vb - Sweep - 1942-08-19 to 1942-08-19
Squadron: 411 (F) Sqn (RCAF)
Start Date: 1942-08-19
Completion Date: 1942-08-19
Mission: Sweep
Operation: Operation Jubilee
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Base: RAF West Malling
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Squadron Code: DB-
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Crash City: France
Crash Specifics: near Neufchatel-Hardelot
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: fighter
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Enemy Claim: unspecified
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411 Grizzly Bear Squadron (lnimicus Inimico), RAF West Malling. Pilot Officer Paris Richmond Eakins (RCAF) (Acting/Flight Commander), was killed in action when his Spitfire Vb aircraft BM 406 was shot down over Dieppe, crashing near Neufchatel-Hardelot, France

The Greatest Air Battle, Dieppe, 19th August 1942 by Norman Franks, pages 77, 235

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