Miron, Arthur Eugene

Killed in Action 1944-08-17

Birth Date: 1919-January-23

Born: Sudbury, Ontario

Son of Alphonse Oliver and Marie Jeanne (nee Demers) Miron of Sudbury, Ontario. Brother of Rodolphe Rosario, Ernest Joseph, Gerald, Marie Jeannette, Irene and Therese. Eugene was chosen to represen

Home: Sudbury, Ontario

Enlistment: North Bay, Ontario

Enlistment Date: 1940-09-17

Service

RCAF

Unit

245 Sqn- Squadron

Base

Rank

Flight Lieutenant

Position

Flight Lieutenant

Service Numbers

J/5144

Home
Google MapSudbury, Ontario
First Burial
Google MapCharles De Percy Cemetery, Calavdos, France
245 Squadron (Fugu Non Fugio). Flight Lieutenant Miron was flying Typhoon aircraft MP 137 carrying out an attack with rocket projectiles when his aircraft crashed twenty miles south of Lisieux, France. This was his second tour of operations, between tours he had served as an instructor for eighteen months at Bagotville, Quebec. His remains were found in 1989 and his family held a gravesite service for him on December 5, 1989 at Charles de Percy Cemetery, Calavdos, France.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Typhoon MP137

Flight Lieutenant Miron, Arthur Eugene (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1944-August-17
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Hawker Typhoon

Source: Harold A Skaarup Web Page (IWM Photo, MH 6864)
Hawker Typhoon Mk. IB (Serial No. RB402), coded 5V-P, of No. 439 Squadron, RCAF, landing at airfield B100, Goch, Germany, ca. 1944
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The Hawker Typhoon (Tiffy in RAF slang) is a British single-seat fighter-bomber, produced by Hawker Aircraft. It was intended to be a medium-high altitude interceptor, as a replacement for the Hawker Hurricane but several design problems were encountered and it never completely satisfied this requirement.

The Typhoon was originally designed to mount twelve .303 inch (7.7 mm) Browning machine guns and be powered by the latest 2,000 hp engines. Its service introduction in mid-1941 was plagued with problems and for several months the aircraft faced a doubtful future. When the Luftwaffe brought the formidable Focke-Wulf Fw 190 into service in 1941, the Typhoon was the only RAF fighter capable of catching it at low altitudes; as a result it secured a new role as a low-altitude interceptor.

The Typhoon became established in roles such as night-time intruder and long-range fighter. From late 1942 the Typhoon was equipped with bombs and from late 1943 RP-3 rockets were added to its armoury. With those weapons and its four 20mm Hispano autocannons, the Typhoon became one of the Second World War's most successful ground-attack aircraft.

By 1943, the RAF needed a ground attack fighter more than a "pure" fighter and the Typhoon was suited to the role (and less-suited to the pure fighter role than competing aircraft such as the Spitfire Mk IX). The powerful engine allowed the aircraft to carry a load of up to two 1,000 pounds (450 kg) bombs, equal to the light bombers of only a few years earlier. The bomb-equipped aircraft were nicknamed "Bombphoons" and entered service with No. 181 Squadron, formed in September 1942.Wikipedia

Wikipedia Wikipedia Hawker Typhoon

General Harold A Skaarup Web Page

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