Flight of Spitfire IX EP493 and Flying Officer R J Turp on 1943-02-03
On 1943-02-03, Pilot R J Turp (Flying Officer, RCAF) with servicenumber J/7235 flew a Spitfire IX with serial EP493 for this duty: Circus 258. His mission was not completed. Circumstances of the aircraft loss are unknown. This aircraft was a part of squadron no. 416. The location for the map is the English Channel. Circumstances at the end of this mission for Turp: he was killed. He is commemorated at: Calais Canadian War Cemetery Leubringhen, France.
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