ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239220
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Date: | Sunday 27 February 1944 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol Beaufighter Mk VI |
Owner/operator: | 227 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | EL509 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Medirranean Sea - Messolonghi. -
Greece
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Berka 3, Benghazi, Libya |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Beaufighter EL509/K: Hit by flak and crashed in sea, Messolonghi, Greece. 27.2.1944
Crew:
F/O (136.020) William Michael DAVIES DFC (Pilot) RAFVR - killed
F/Sgt (1320883) Geoffrey Alexander BROWN (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://aviationarchaeology.gr/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Beaufighter-losses-in-Greece-1941-19464.pdf
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
07-Aug-2020 16:15 |
Nepa |
Added [Operator] |
02-Nov-2022 19:55 |
Nepa |
Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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