ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 138809
Last updated: 23 May 2013
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| Date: | 20-JAN-1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  North American P-51 Mustang Mk.I |
| Operator: | 400 (City of Toronto) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | AG389 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | English Channel, 10 miles S of St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Odiham, Hampshire |
Shot down in error by RAF Typhoon aircraft (= "friendly fire incident") and crashed into the English Channel, south of St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight. Pilot killed.
F/O James Bentley Ferris (26) RCAF. R.I.P.
James Ferris' body was found some time later and buried at sea by the Royal Navy.
He is remembered on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
http://daveg4otu.tripod.com/iowweb/iowc.html
RAF Casualties-1943.
http://www.400squadron.ca/Members/HonourRoll
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2011 07:54 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 19-Jan-2012 05:35 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 27-Nov-2012 20:56 | angels one five | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
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