Accident Bristol Beaufighter Mk VIc T5250,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 163762
 
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Date:Monday 1 May 1944
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic beau model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Bristol Beaufighter Mk VIc
Owner/operator:9 (C) OTU RAF
Registration: T5250
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:4.5miles SW of Langholm in Dumfries, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Aldergrove, County Antrim
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Beaufighter T5250: Took off for Training flight.01/05/1944
Flew into the ground near Langholm in Dumfries whilst flying in cloud. .
Crew:
F/Sgt (534866) Francis Augustine BURROUGHS (pilot) RAF killed
F/Sgt (1622835) Roy Reginald WILKINSON (Nav.) RAF - killed

Sources:

1.http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?16332-440501-Unaccounted-Airmen-1-5-1944
2.http://www.rafcommands.com/database/wardead/details.php?qnum=49175
3.CWGC

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
10-Feb-2014 08:08 Nepa Added
09-Nov-2017 14:09 rvargast17 Updated [Aircraft type]
23-Sep-2020 17:20 Anon. Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative]

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