Alfred William Edward Sugden, Son of Frederick Albert and Helen Lillian Sugden, of Outremont, Province of Quebec. Alfred was served with the RCAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, Typhoon MN251 440 Squadron crashed Beatrixkanaal canal at B.78 Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant Holland...
Pilot aborted mission and returned to base due to engine problems, He opted to land downwind (25-30 MPH tailwind) and bomb laden causing him to come in at high speed. He touched down with 1200 feet of runway left but failed to stop and ran off the end of the runway crashing upside down in a canal. The pilot was unable to extricate himself, help could not reach him quickly enough, he perished in his partially submerged aircraft
Pilot was J/90713 P/O. Alfred William Edward Sugden (RCAF)
Pilot aborted mission and returned to base due to engine problems, He opted to land downwind (25-30 MPH tailwind) and bomb laden causing him to come in at high speed. He touched down with 1200 feet of runway left but failed to stop and ran off the end of the runway crashing upside down in a canal. The pilot was unable to extricate himself, help could not reach him quickly enough, he perished in his partially submerged aircraft
Pilot was J/90713 P/O. Alfred William Edward Sugden (RCAF)
Alfred William Edward Sugden, Son of Frederick Albert and Helen Lillian Sugden, of Outremont, Province of Quebec. Alfred was served with the RCAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, Typhoon MN251 440 Squadron crashed Beatrixkanaal canal at B.78 Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant Holland...
Pilot aborted mission and returned to base due to engine problems, He opted to land downwind (25-30 MPH tailwind) and bomb laden causing him to come in at high speed. He touched down with 1200 feet of runway left but failed to stop and ran off the end of the runway crashing upside down in a canal. The pilot was unable to extricate himself, help could not reach him quickly enough, he perished in his partially submerged aircraft
Pilot was J/90713 P/O. Alfred William Edward Sugden (RCAF)
Pilot aborted mission and returned to base due to engine problems, He opted to land downwind (25-30 MPH tailwind) and bomb laden causing him to come in at high speed. He touched down with 1200 feet of runway left but failed to stop and ran off the end of the runway crashing upside down in a canal. The pilot was unable to extricate himself, help could not reach him quickly enough, he perished in his partially submerged aircraft
Pilot was J/90713 P/O. Alfred William Edward Sugden (RCAF)
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