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Flight of Hurricane IIb BE473 and Flight Lieutenant R A Upshur on 1942-07-18
English Channel, United Kingdom
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On 1942-07-18, Pilot R A Upshur (Flight Lieutenant, RAF) with servicenumber 100996 flew a Hurricane IIb with serial BE473 for this duty: Roadstead. His mission was not completed. Circumstances of the aircraft loss: Crashed in sea. This aircraft was a part of squadron no. 175. The location for the map is English Channel, United Kingdom. Circumstances at the end of this mission for Upshur: he was killed. He is commemorated at: Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom.There are several possibilities in investigating the flight records on WW2 History Europe. All the flights are plotted on maps, sorted day by day, by squadron, by type aircraft, by year or month, by location and much more! Don't miss this!!!
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