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Flight of Typhoon Ib MN458 and Flying Officer H W Coles on 1944-05-24

1944-05-24 · Port de la Pierre Perc?e, La Chapelle-Basse-Mer · France

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On 1944-05-24, Pilot H W Coles (Flying Officer, RAF) with servicenumber 136412 flew a Typhoon Ib with serial MN458 N for this duty: unknown operation. His mission was not completed. Circumstances of the aircraft loss: Crashed off Port de la Pierre Perc?e. This aircraft was a part of squadron no. 197. The location for the map is Port de la Pierre Perc?e, La Chapelle-Basse-Mer, France. Circumstances at the end of this mission for Coles: he was killed. He is commemorated at: Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom.
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