Squadron: 416 (F) Sqn (RCAF)
Start Date: 1945-11-09
Completion Date: 1945-11-09
Mission: Reconnaissance
Operation: unspecified
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Base: Landing Ground B.174, Utersen, Germany
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Squadron Code: DN-
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Crash City: Germany
Crash Specifics: 1.5 miles south of the Utersen airfield
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: engine
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416 Squadron RCAF (Ad saltum paratus) Landing Ground B.174, Utersen, Germany. Spitfire XIV aircraft SM 823 had just taken off for an operational patrol when its engine failed, causing the aircraft to nose dive into the ground, 1.5 miles south of the Utersen airfield
Flying Officer Alister Keith Price (RCAF) was killed in action in the crash
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