ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239217
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Date: | Tuesday 22 February 1944 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol Beaufighter Mk IF |
Owner/operator: | 227 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | X8103 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Chanea, Crete. -
Greece
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Berka 3, Benghazi, Libya |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Beaufighter X8103/D: Took off at 12:25 hrs for mission. 22/02/1944
Shot down by Arado 196 and ditched off Chanea, Crete.
Crew:
F/Sgt (1134017) Sidney Bulcraig APPLETON (pilot) RAFVR - killed
F/Sgt (1042636) Jack FENTON (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
http://aviationarchaeology.gr/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Beaufighter-losses-in-Greece-1941-19464.pdf Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
07-Aug-2020 16:06 |
Nepa |
Added [Operator] |
02-Nov-2022 17:19 |
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Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
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