ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231495
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Date: | Friday 9 February 1945 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X |
Owner/operator: | 404 (Buffalo) Sqn RCAF |
Registration: | NT890 |
MSN: | EE-F |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
Location: | Forde Fjord. -
Norway
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Dyce, Aberdeenshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Beaufighter NT890/F: Took off for 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.
Crew:
F/O (J/29021) Charles SMERNEOS (pilot) RCAF - killed
F/O (J/23704) Norman Douglas COCHRANE (nav.) RCAF - killed
Sources:
1.https://wartimes.ca/forums/viewtopic.php?t=588
2.ORB 404 Sqdn RCAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
8 August 1944 |
NE354 |
404 (Buffalo) Sqn RCAF |
2 |
Bay of Biscay near Noirmoutier island, |
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w/o |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2019 04:23 |
tachel |
Added |
20-Jan-2021 17:45 |
db |
Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
04-Jun-2022 22:21 |
Nepa |
Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
05-Oct-2022 10:56 |
Nepa |
Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
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