On 1940-05-14, Pilot G C Saunders (Pilot Officer, RAF) with servicenumber 41620 flew a Hurricane I with serial L1612 for this duty: unknown operation. His mission was not completed. Circumstances of the aircraft loss: Shot down near Mainvault. Tijdens een aanval op He 111s van KG 27 werd de Hurricane L1612 neergeschoten. Het vliegtuig kwam om 09:40 uur neer te Maulvault, ten noordwesten van Ath. P/O Gordon Saunders, afkomstig van Nieuw Zeeland, sneuvelde. This aircraft was a part of squadron no. 87. The location for the map is Mainvault, Belgium. Circumstances at the end of this mission for Saunders: DoW 19/5/40. He is commemorated at: Fenain Communal Cemetery, France.
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