The story
On 1944-06-15, Pilot J W Ross (Flying Officer, RCAF) service number J/22382, flew Typhoon Ib serial MN417 for this duty: bombing operation. His mission was not completed. Circumstances of the aircraft loss: hit by flak over Carpiquet, abandonned aircraft near Caen. This aircraft was a part of squadron no. 439. The location for the map is Carpiquet, France. Circumstances at the end of this mission for Ross: prisoner of war (PoW). There is no commemoration location known.
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