Spitfire W3183 Mk Vb - Escort Lille France - 1941-07-11 to 1941-07-11
Squadron: 92 (F) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1941-07-11
Completion Date: 1941-07-11
Mission: Escort
Operation: Circus
Target City: Lille France
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Base: RAF Biggin Hill
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Squadron Code: QJ-P
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Crash City: France
Crash Specifics: near Lille
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
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92 East India Squadron (Aut pugna aut morere), RAF Biggin Hill. Spitfire Mk Vb W 3183 QJ-P, flown by Flight Lieutenant Donald Charles Dougall DFC (RCAF) escorting Stirling bombers to bomb targets in Lille, France as part of Circus 44. His aircraft was shot down near Lille, cause of loss undetermined. Severely wounded, Flight Lieutenant Dougall lost a leg but survived to become a Prisoner of War and was eventually sent to Stalag Luft 3. Flight Lieutenant Dougall was later one of 11 RCAF prisoners who were part of an early Exchange/ Repatriation of sick and injured Allied and German PoWs that took place in October 1943

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