Accident Blohm & Voss BV 222 V6-A X4+FH,

ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 105723

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Date:	Tuesday 24 November 1942
Time:
Type:	Blohm & Voss BV 222 V6-A
Owner/operator:	LTS 222 (See) Luftwaffe
Registration:	X4+FH
MSN:	222/0000006
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 58 / Occupants: 58
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Mediterranean Sea - Italy
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Taranto airfield, Italy
Destination airport:	Tripoli airfield, Libya

Narrative:
Shot down by a RAF Bristol Beaufighter of 272 Sqd.
Lufttransportstaffel See 222 ( LTS 222 )

Sources:

Flugzeug Classic Special 8, p79
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blohm_%26_Voss_BV_222
Various sources including http://www.luftwaffe-zur-see.de/Seeluft/Verlustlisten.htm

Revision history:

Date/time Contributor Updates

05-Sep-2011 09:05 Uli Elch Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Damage, Narrative]

06-Mar-2012 09:50 TB Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Damage, Narrative]

06-Mar-2012 09:57 TB Updated [Registration, Source]

07-Mar-2012 12:21 TB Updated [Date, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]

25-Jul-2013 18:43 Nepa Updated [Operator, Narrative]

21-Aug-2022 07:27 valmy Updated [Date, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative]

19-May-2023 17:39 Nepa Updated [[Date, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative]]

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
05-Sep-2011 09:05	Uli Elch	Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Damage, Narrative]
06-Mar-2012 09:50	TB	Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Damage, Narrative]
06-Mar-2012 09:57	TB	Updated [Registration, Source]
07-Mar-2012 12:21	TB	Updated [Date, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
25-Jul-2013 18:43	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Narrative]
21-Aug-2022 07:27	valmy	Updated [Date, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative]
19-May-2023 17:39	Nepa	Updated [[Date, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative]]

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