The story
On 1944-06-05, Pilot J W Saville (Flight Lieutenant, RCAF) service number J/8146 flew yphoon Ib serial MN210 for this duty: bombing Guernsey installations in preparation for D-Day. His mission was not completed. Circumstances of the aircraft loss: shot down by flak. This aircraft was a part of squadron no. 439. The location for the map is the Guernsey. Circumstances at the end of this mission for Saville: he was killed. He is commemorated at: Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom.
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