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Flight of Hurricane IIb BE483 and Sergeant B P O'Neill on 1942-01-02
Cherbourg, France
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On 1942-01-02, Pilot B P O'Neill (Sergeant, RCAF) with servicenumber R/69028 flew a Hurricane IIb with serial BE483 for this duty: Shipping Recce. His mission was not completed. Circumstances of the aircraft loss: Crashed off Cherbourg. This aircraft was a part of squadron no. 402. The location for the map is Cherbourg, France. Circumstances at the end of this mission for O'Neill: he was killed. He is commemorated at: Cherbourg Old Communal Cemetery, France.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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