1/72 SKY-GUARDIANS (WTW72002-07) SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE MK-LF-IX (MJ832 - DN-T) S/L Sten T. LUNDBERG R.C.A.F. 416 " CITY of OSHAWA " SQDN CAYEUX-BERCK, FRANCE MAY-21 1944 (LIMITED EDITION)

1/72 SKY-GUARDIANS (WTW72002-07) SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE MK-LF-IX (MJ832 - DN-T) R.C.A.F. 416" CITY of OSHAWA " SQDN CAYEUX-BERCK, FRANCE MAY-21 944 (LIMITED EDITION) .Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk. IX, (Serial No. MJ832), coded DN-T, No. 416 (City of Oshawa) Squadron, RCAF.  This aircraft was damaged by flak in the Flenville area of France on 8 May 1944, but was repaired.  Squadron Leader Sten T. Lundberg was shot down by flak while flying this Sptifire, as he attacked a train in the Cayeux-Berck area on 21 May 1944.  This was during Ramrod 905.  He became a POW at Luft Stalag III.  His Kriegsgefangenen Nummer (POW Number) was 5838.  Luft Stalag III was the camp made famous by the "Great Escape".  On his return to Canada, he became a pioneer in early helicopter aviation.  The remains of his Spitfire were apparently collected but later abandoned by the Luftwaffe at Vught, Holland, 11 Nov 1944.The Form 78 for RAF (Serial No. MJ832), included the following data: built at the Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory (CBAF), powered by a Merlin 66 engine, 33 Maintenance Unit (MU), 24 Dec 1943, No. 416 Squadron, RCAF, coded DN-T, later DN-Y, 30 Jan 1944.  Damaged by flak while attacking a train and abandoned over France 21 May 1944.