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Flight of Hurricane I P2961 and Flying Officer W L McKnight on 1941-01-12
English Channel, English Channel
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On 1941-01-12, Pilot W L McKnight (Flying Officer, RAF) with servicenumber 41937 flew a Hurricane I with serial P2961 for this duty: Rhubarb. His mission was not completed. Circumstances of the aircraft loss: Shot down by Me109. This aircraft was a part of squadron no. 242. The location for the map is the English Channel. Circumstances at the end of this mission for McKnight: 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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