ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231463
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Date: | Monday 2 October 1944 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X |
Owner/operator: | 404 (Buffalo) Sqn RCAF |
Registration: | LZ444 |
MSN: | EE-E |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Wellhead Farm, near Postsoy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Banff, Aberdeenshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Beaufighter LZ444/E: Tookoff for operation mission. 02/10/1944
Mid air collision with another squadron Beaufighter LZ189 during climb. Both aircraft crashed, there were no survivors. Two Beaufighter aircraft were forming up for an operational sortie when they were in a mid-air collision. Beauf LZ444 crashed near Wellhead Farm, near Postsoy, 3,5 miles west of RAF Banff, Banffshire,
Crew:
F/Lt (J/15704) George Albert LONG (pilot) RCAF - killed
F/O (J/26279) Frederick Martin STICKEL (nav.) RCAF - killed
Sources:
1.https://wartimes.ca/forums/viewtopic.php?t=588
2.ORB 404 Sqdn RAF
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
16-Dec-2019 20:48 |
tachel |
Added |
19-Jan-2021 17:23 |
db |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
06-Oct-2022 18:01 |
Nepa |
Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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