Flight of Spitfire Vb W3715 and Wing Commander J W Gillan on 1941-08-29
On 1941-08-29, Pilot J W Gillan (Wing Commander, unknown Air Service) with servicenumber 26010 flew a Spitfire Vb with serial W3715 for this duty: Sweep. His mission was not completed. Circumstances of the aircraft loss: Failed to return. This aircraft was a part of unit: unknown unit. The location for the map is the English Channel. Circumstances at the end of this mission for Gillan: he was killed. He is commemorated at: Dunkirk Town Cemetery, France.
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