Accident Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X LX863,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239318
 
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Date:Saturday 22 January 1944
Time:13:43
Type:Silhouette image of generic beau model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X
Owner/operator:47 Sqn RAF
Registration: LX863
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Missing - 33 47’N, 25 45’E. -   Greece
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Gambut III, Libya
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Beaufighter LX863/A: Engine cut ditched 33 47’N, 25 45’E. Engine cut and slide into sea sideways starboard wing first, leaving wreckage, petrol tanks and dinghy on the surface. at 13:43 hrs 22/01/1944
Crew:
F/O (136.846) David Balfour HUME (pilot) RAFVR - Killed
F/Sgt. (1228421) Edward William PEGGRAM (nav.) RAFVR- rescued by H.S.L. from Tobruk.

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:

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
09-Aug-2020 16:26 Nepa Added [Operator]
08-Sep-2022 18:20 Nepa Updated [Cn, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]
01-Nov-2022 21:06 Nepa Updated [Cn, Narrative, Operator]

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