Flight of Spitfire IX MH978 and Sub-Lieutenant F F Colloredo-Mansfeld on 1944-01-14
On 1944-01-14, Pilot COLLOREDO-MANSFELD Count FRANZ FERDINAND, D F C and Bar service number 2278437 (Sub-Lieutenant, RAF), flew a Spitfire IX with serial MH978 for this duty: Ramrod. His mission was not completed. Circumstances of the aircraft loss: Crashed near Berck sur Mer. This aircraft was a part of squadron no. 132. The location for the map is Berck, France. Circumstances at the end of this mission for Colloredo-Mansfeld: he was killed. There is no commemoration location known.
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