MT479
Transferred RAF 4 Ferry Unit date unknown. Engine cut, lost height and belly landed 60miles NW of Lyons -DBF - during a transfer from Italy to England, made an emergency landing at a place called "The Jeandeaux" in the town of Mornay (Saone et Loire). F/O Brian Joseph Lincoln Armitage (pilot) RAFVR - killed. Sgt Sidney Baker (nav.) RAFVR - inj. Nav ejected, badly burned, saved by people in the neighbourhood and hospital treatment in Charolles.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Events
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Manufactured |
Leavesden Aerodrome, Watford, Hertfordshire WD25 7BZ, UK | 30 August 1944 | Leavesden Built, contract number 1576/SAS/C.23(a), between 30-8-1944 and 29-9-1944. |
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Crashed |
Mornay, France | 7 June 1945 | Engine cut, lost height and belly landed 60miles NW of Lyons -DBF - during a transfer from Italy to England, made an emergency landing at a place called "The Jeandeaux" in the town of Mornay (Saone et Loire). F/O Brian Joseph Lincoln Armitage (pilot) RAFVR - killed. Sgt Sidney Baker (nav.) RAFVR - inj. Nav ejected, badly burned, saved by people in the neighbourhood and hospital treatment in Charolles. |
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Other Transferred |
Transferred RAF 4 Ferry Unit date unknown. |