ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 164518
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Date: | Tuesday 18 April 1944 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol Beaufighter Mk VIF |
Owner/operator: | 46 (Uganda) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | V8848 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Nabatiye el Faouqa -
Lebanon
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Quastina |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Beaufighter V8848: Took off for Training flight /Bullseye exercise. 18/04/1944
On 18th April 1944 a 46 Sqn Beaufighter and a Wellington of 77 OTU from RAF Quastina collided during a Bullseye exercise, with the loss of both Beaufighter crew, and all (five?) aboard the Wellington.
Crew:
F/Sgt (1576321) James Kenneth GOSLIN (Pilot) RAFVR - Killed
Sgt (1050857) John Graham Dobbie HISLOP (Nav./R) RAFVR - Killed
Sources:
1.http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?16530-46-Sqn-Beaufighter-and-77-OTU-Wellington-collision-18-April-1944
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
06-Mar-2014 13:48 |
Nepa |
Added |
23-Jun-2015 22:12 |
King T. |
Updated [Operator] |
19-Oct-2022 12:40 |
Nepa |
Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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