XIX Tactical Air Command
Command
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F-6C (P-51C) 42-103222 Lt. Stanley Canner of the 12th TRS was piloting this Mustang over German occupied territory in France 14 July 1944 when he was shot down by Bf 109s. See MACR 6662 and Escape & Evasion Report 1203.
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67th Tactical Reconnaissance Group
Group
The four Squadrons of the 67th Recon Group (12th Observation - later Reconnaissance Squadron; 107th Observation - later Reconnaissance Squadron; 109th Observation - later Reconnaissance Squadron and 153rd Observation - later Reconnaissance Squadron)... -
People
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Stanley Canner
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot
Aircraft
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42-103222
P-51 Mustang
Whilst on return from armed recon to Montague, jumped by Fw190's and shot down, pilot 1st Lt Stanely L Canner baled out and evaded capture, with the assistance of the Maquis until their area was overrun by freindly forces. MACR 6662. 14-7-44.
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Middle Wallop
Military site : airfield
Planned as an RAF bomber station with a grass airfield, concrete perimeter track and hardstandings, Middle Wallop opened as a training base in April 1940, before construction was complete. Used as an RAF day-fighter and night-fighter base during 1940...
