Squadron: 487 (B) Sqn (RNZAF)
Start Date: 1943-01-22
Completion Date: 1943-01-22
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Cherbourg France
Target Specific: Maupertuis Airfield
Base: Feltwell
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Squadron Code: EG O
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Crash Specifics: North Sea
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
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War Diary Unavailable
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487 New Zealand Squadron (Ki Te Mutunga). Ventura aircraft AE 899 crashed in the North Sea, presumed enemy action. Two of the crew, not Canadians, missing believed killed. AE 899 was believed to have been piloted by Flying Officer Perryman, who survived after ditching in the English Channel on the return trip. See: https://www.feltwell.net/raffeltwell/articles/ventura_airmen.htm. RAF Commands does not show his personal record.
6 Group Unavailable
487 New Zealand Squadron (Ki Te Mutunga). Ventura aircraft AE 899 crashed in the North Sea, presumed enemy action. Two of the crew, not Canadians, missing believed killed. AE 899 was believed to have been piloted by Flying Officer Perryman, who survived after ditching in the English Channel on the return trip. See: https://www.feltwell.net/raffeltwell/articles/ventura_airmen.htm. RAF Commands does not show his personal record.
