ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231493
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| Date: | Friday 9 February 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 404 (Buffalo) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | NV292 |
| MSN: | EE-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Forde Fjord. -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dyce, Aberdeenshire |
Beaufighter NV292/O: Took off for an anti-shipping strike. 09/02/1945
Five Beaufighter 404 Sqdn were engaged in an anti-shipping strike at Fede Fjord, Norway when they were shot down by enemy fighter aircraft.
The crews were as follows and all these airmen were killed:
F/Os C. Smerneos and N.D. Cochrane in Beauf. NT890,
P/Os W.E. Blunderfield and W.J. Jackson in Beauf. NT922,
F/Os O.W. Knight and H.C. Lynch in Beauf. NV422,
P/Os C.G. Berges and P.R. Myrick in Beauf. NE761,
F/O H. Smook and P/O A.M. Duckworth in Beauf. RD136.
Pilot F/O Savard made a wheels-up landing on the ice with his aircraft on fire, likely after being hit by flak. The Beaufighter survived the crash but turned upside down and trapped the crew. Norwegian civilians ran out to the aircraft but had to retreat when they were fired at by German soldiers. Savard and Middleton were seen to be pulled from their aircraft by flak crews, but Middleton was so severely wounded that he did not survive. F/O Savard spent the rest of the war as a POW.
Crew:
F/O (J/24821) Joseph Roger SAVARD DFC (pilot) RCAF - survived but captured POW
P/O (187.929) Jeffrey MIDDLETON (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.https://wartimes.ca/forums/viewtopic.php?t=588
2.ORB 404 Sqdn RCAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2019 04:19 | tachel | Added |
| 20-Jan-2021 17:38 | db | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Jun-2022 22:10 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Oct-2022 11:02 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
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