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Date: | Saturday 13 November 1943 |
Time: | 15:30 |
Type: | Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X |
Owner/operator: | 47 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | LX928 |
MSN: | "D" |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | the beach of San Nikola Bay, Leros. -
Greece
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF El Adem, Libya |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Beaufighter LX928/D: Took off at 13:40 hrs for Strike over Leros. 13/11/1943
Shot down by fighter attacking convoy near Leros. Starboard engine on Ju88 return fire.
Shot down by Ltn. Emil Clade 7./JG27 N Levita.-13/11/43
Landing on the beach of San Nikola Bay after a blow of retribution fire in a clash with bombers.
Crew:
S/Ldr (103.498) Stanley Rowland MULLER-ROWLAND DFC (pilot) RAFVR - Ok
F/Sgt J. D. ANDERSON (nav.) RAF??- Ok
were rescued from a fishing boat and returned to their unit via Turkey.
Sources:
1.http://aviationarchaeology.gr/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Beaufighter-losses-in-Greece-1941-1946.pdf
2.Beaufighter production list
3 ORB 47 Sqdn RAF
5.A History of the Mediterranean Air War, 1940-1945:
History of this aircraft
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09-Aug-2020 10:32 |
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08-Sep-2022 11:14 |
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