ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 240073
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Date: | Friday 18 February 1944 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X |
Owner/operator: | 16 Sqn SAAF |
Registration: | LZ481 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Mediterranean Sea, north off Ydra island -
Greece
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Biferno airfield (I) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Beaufighter LZ481/V: Took off at 09:45 hrs for Offensive sweep over Greece coast. 18/02/1944
Damaged by flak and dived into sea while attacking MV off Ydra island. Ditched after being hit by anti-aircraft artillery fire, fatally wounding both crew members.
Crew:
Lt. (103889V) Trevor James SIMPSON (pilot) SAAF - Killed.
Capt. (188235V) Jacobus Frederik Arnoldus STEYN (nav.) SAAF - Killed
Sources:
1.http://aviationarchaeology.gr/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Beaufighter-losses-in-Greece-1941-19464.pdf
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
15-Aug-2020 21:57 |
Nepa |
Added [Operator] |
16-Aug-2020 09:29 |
soucek56 |
Updated [Departure airport, Operator] |
02-Nov-2022 16:52 |
Nepa |
Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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