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- S/L CJ Day. OC 439 Squadron - June 1959.
S/L Cannon was replaced as Squadron OC on 1 June 1959 by S/L CJ Day. On Friday morning, 19 July 1959, S/L Day took off as number two on a practice scramble, crashed just after getting airborne and was killed. The accident took place approximately two miles off the end of the runway and the aircraft burned.
Courtesy 439 Squadron Archives.
- Aerial photo of four Sabres in close formation flight - May 1959.
Courtesy Gerry McCully.
- The remains of a Sabre flown by F/O RL Pope after a bird strike - January 1959.
Courtesy 439 Squadron Archives.
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