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Flight of Typhoon Ib MN579 and Flight Lieutenant G P Edington on 1944-08-18

1944-08-18 · Roiville · France

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On 1944-08-18, Pilot George P Edington (Flight Lieutenant, RCAF) service number J/11044, flew Typhoon Ib serial MN579 (squadron code F3-J) for this duty: unknown operation. His mission was not completed. Circumstances of the aircraft loss: Flak, abandoned near Roiville. This aircraft was a part of squadron no. 438. The location for the map is Roiville, France. Circumstances at the end of this mission for Edington: prisoner of war (PoW). 

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