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Flight of Typhoon Ib JP446 and Flying Officer R G Crosby on 1944-01-03

1944-01-03 · Pas de Calais · France

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On 1944-01-03, Pilot Robert Gordon Crosby (Flying Officer, RCAF) serviceumber J/22655 flew Typhoon Ib serial JP446 (squadron code US-U) for this duty: Rhubarb. His mission was not completed. Circumstances of the aircraft loss: hit by flak. This aircraft was a part of squadron no. 56 RAF. The location for the map is the Pas de Calais. Circumstances at the end of this mission for Crosby: he parachuted and evaded. 

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