Date:	Monday 3 January 1944
Time:	15:40
Type:	Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X
Owner/operator:	47 Sqn RAF
Registration:	LX929
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Aegean Sea of Crete, Canae Bay northwest of Maleme. -   Greece
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Gambut III, Libya
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Mosquito LX929/X: Took off at 13:27 hrs for sweep over Candia - Melos. 03/01/1944
On 3 January 1944 W/Cdr William D. L. Filson-Young, the commanding officer of 47 Sqn RAF, led eight Beaufighters of his unit on a sweep around the coast of Crete, where they were attacked by three Bf 109s.
The Beaufighter LX929 it was shot down at 15:40 hrs northwest of Maleme just over the sea by Lt. Horst Kizina of 8./JG 27 for his first victory.
Crew:
W/O (R/103983) Roger John BARRETT (pilot) RCAF - killed
Sgt (1470735) William Henry FAIRFIELD (nav.) RAFVR - killed

1.http://aviationarchaeology.gr/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Beaufighter-losses-in-Greece-1941-1946.pdf
2.Beaufighter production list
3 ORB 47 Sqdn RAF
5.A History of the Mediterranean Air War, 1940-1945:

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
03-Jan-2017 18:31	Laurent Rizzotti	Added
04-Jan-2017 11:55	Laurent Rizzotti	Updated [Aircraft type]
16-Jul-2019 08:21	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source, Operator]
09-Aug-2020 16:19	Nepa	Updated [Source, Damage, Narrative, Operator]
08-Sep-2022 17:59	Nepa	Updated [Cn, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]
01-Nov-2022 20:07	Nepa	Updated [Cn, Location, Operator]