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Pilot Officer John D. Flintoff of 440 (City of Ottawa) RCAF Squadron

Pilot Officer John D. Flintoff of 440 (City of Ottawa) RCAF Squadron was flying a Hawker Typhoon Mk IB PD592, and had departed from RAF Eindhoven, Netherland with three others, on a mission to bomb a rail junction just west of Munster. Due to low cloud, they were diverted to another target when he was hit by flak, but he managed to crash land safely near Enschede, south east of Holten at 11.30am on February 24 1945.

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Uploaded on February 26, 2016