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This pilot flew Spitfire fighter aircraft for the RCAF / RAF (60% of all RCAF personnel served in RAF units at some point) in WWII, this record has come from the database of Mr. Halliday, a Canadian military historian.Operation - armed recce. Departed from Brussels-Evere (B.56), Belgium.
Crashed after being hit by Flak. The pilot as well as a person on the ground died in the crash.
The deceased pilot, John William Hugh McEachern is buried at the cemetery in Heesch, the Netherlands.
This Pilot's entry: cause of death was kia, burial location Holland, pilot was married, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (www.cwgc.org) may have more information on family.
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