ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 170954
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| Date: | Sunday 8 April 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 5 FU RAF |
| Registration: | NV305 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Mauripur, near Karachi, Brit. India -
 Pakistan
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | RAF Cairo West |
| RAF Mauripur |
Beaufighter NV305 (5 Ferry Unit RAF) Crashed and burned in Mauripur, near Karachi, India. 08/04/1945
Crew:
F/O (J/37578) Russell James GLAZIER (Pilot) RCAF - killed
F/O (J/41057) Ralph Emerson FEATHERSTONE (WOp/AG) RCAF - killed
P/O (J/95203) Charles Douglas LOVEGROVE (Nav.) RCAF was seriously injured (burned)
5 Ferry Unit was based a Heliopolis, Egypt. There are two possible explanations for the location of the crash.
One is that with the end of war in Europe in view, the group was being transferred to India. The fact that it was a transfer flight may explain why they were three men aboard.
Another explanation is that the function of the group may have been to ferry planes from Egypt to points further into the Middle East and to India by flying them to their destination, This is suggested by a letter from Ralph Featherstone dated Mar. 30, 1945, in which he says that he is in the vicinity of Cairo and that he has already been to Iraq and India.
Sources:
1.http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=NE818
2.Beaufighter production list
3.ORB 5 FU RAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Feb-2015 20:31 | DG333 | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 08-Apr-2015 13:01 | Anon. | Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Country, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Sep-2015 06:18 | hooverdn | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-May-2021 10:58 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 15-May-2021 10:59 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 11-Sep-2022 17:53 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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