Accident Bristol Beaufighter Mk VIF ND290,
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Date:Tuesday 16 January 1945
Time:15:25
Type:Silhouette image of generic beau model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Bristol Beaufighter Mk VIF
Owner/operator:108 Sqn RAF
Registration: ND290
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:sea 1 mile west of Hassani airfield. -   Greece
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Hassani airfield, Athens
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Beaufighter ND290/E: Took off at 14:35 hrs for Local Recco mission. 16/01/1945
Starboard engine cut in circuit; Aircraft ditched in sea 1mile west of Hassani.
Crrew:
F/Lt (127.898) Derek Bradbury TAYLOR (pilot) RAFVR - Ok
F/Sgt (1324268) Nigel Charles MARTIN (nav.) RAFVR - killed

Sources:

1.http://aviationarchaeology.gr/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Beaufighter-losses-in-Greece-1941-19464.pdf
2.Beaufighter-losses-in-Greece-1941-19464.pdf

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
03-Aug-2020 18:35 Nepa Added [Operator]

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