Moosomin, Saskatchewan (parents)609 West Riding Squadron (Tally Ho) RAF Biggin Hill. Spitfire Mk IIa P-8654 PR-L had been attacked and damaged by two German Bf 109 fighters returning from operations when it flew into a cliff near Ramsgate, Kent, killing the pilot, Sergeant GA Chestnut (RCAF).
Sergeant Chestnut's aircraft, Spitfire P 8654 was a presentation aircraft, paid for by the people of the County of Flintshire, England. It had the name "Flint" in four inch high letters, as per official instruction, on the side of the engine cowling
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11 06 1941 No 609 Squadron Spitfire IIa P8654 PR-L Sergeant Guy Alexander...
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Sergeant Chestnut had previously been employed by the Royal Bank of Canada, starting at the Moosomin, Saskatchewan branch in June 1935 and later at the Gull Lake, Saskatchewan branch before transferring to the Monkland and Harvard branch in Montreal. He moved to the Laurier Avenue branch from where he enlisted in the RCAF on June 11, 1940
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