Squadron: 467
Start Date: 1943-08-15
Completion Date: 1943-08-15
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Milan Italy
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Bottesford, Lincolnshire, England
Take Off Time: 23:38
Squadron Code: PO F
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Eure-et-Loir, France
Crash Specifics: southeast of Brezolles
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: fighter
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim: Shot down by an Fw 190A of the 2./JG 2, flown by either Feldwebel German Elflein (claiming a Lancaster at 23:20) or by Unteroffizier Herbert Penz (claiming a Lancaster at 23:26)
War Diary Unavailable
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467 Australia Squadron. Target - Milan, Italy. Lancaster aircraft JA 675 was shot down by a night fighter. Killed were RCAF Pilot Officer E.A.M. Grange; RAAF Flt. Lt. J.M. Sullivan; and RAF Sgt's. J.A.E. Newland, A.P. Power, and L. Spurr. Taken Prisoners of War were RAF Fg/O T.H.F. Entract and Sgt. K. Harvey.
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