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On 1944-08-19, Pilot R A Porritt (Pilot Officer, RCAF) service number J/21202 flew Typhoon Ib serial MN401 (squadron code 5V-G) for this duty: Armed Recce. His mission was not completed. Circumstances of the aircraft loss: presumed shot down by enemy fighter SE of Vimoutiers France. This aircraft was a part of squadron no. 439. The location for the map is the Vimoutiers France. Circumstances at the end of this mission for Porritt: he was killed. He is commemorated at: Bretteville-Sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, France.
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