The story
On 1942-08-19, Pilot Robert Mehew Zobell (Flight Sergeant, RCAF) service number R/? , flew Spitfire IX serial number BS120 for this duty: Recce over Dieppe. Circumstances: aircraft damaged by multiple flak hits and pilot wounded This aircraft was a part of squadron no. 401 RCAF. The location for the map is Dieppe. Circumstances at the end of this mission for Zobell: he was injured, the aircraft was damaged but returned to base.
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