Date: 20th July 1943
Time: A.M.
Unit: No.198 Squadron
Type: Hawker Typhoon Ib
Serial: JP486
Coded: TP - ?
Location: Unknown - Belgium.
Pilot: Flight Lieutenant Robert Henry Deugo J/15076 R.C.A.F. Age.21. Killed
REASON FOR LOSS:
On the Tuesday morning of the 20th July, F/L. Deugo took off for a Rhubarb mission to Ypres, Belgium, over the target area his aircraft was hit by Flak and his Typhoon crashed killing him instantly. Note: Just under a year earlier whilst serving with No.56 Squadron he was on patrol in Typhoon Ib R7678 with Sgt K. M Stewart-Turner, Typhoon R8199, when they were attacked and shot down by Spitfires of No.401 Squadron off Dover. Deugo succeeded in baling out but sadly Turner was killed in the incident.
No. 198 Squadron Typhoons.
F/Lt. Robert Deugo. front row - extreme left.
Burial Details:
Flight Lieutenant Robert Henry Deugo J/15076 R.C.A.F. Diksmuide Communal Cemetery, West - Vlaanderen. Belgium. Grave 1031
Son of Ira and Dorothy Deugo, of Pakenham, Ontario, Canada.
