Flight of Spitfire IX PL441 and Flying Officer E C Gates on 1944-08-07
On 1944-08-07, Pilot E C Gates (Flying Officer, RAF) with servicenumber AUS.409103 flew a Spitfire IX with serial PL441 A for this duty: Sweep. His mission was not completed. Circumstances of the aircraft loss are unknown. This aircraft was a part of squadron no. 453. The location for the map is the English Channel. Circumstances at the end of this mission for Gates: he was killed. He is commemorated at: Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom.
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