ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 240085
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Date: | Wednesday 18 October 1944 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X |
Owner/operator: | 16 Sqn SAAF |
Registration: | JM353 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Missing. Western Macedonia -
Greece
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Biferno airfield (I) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Beaufighter JM353: Took off at 09:55 hrs for a Sweep to Saonica bay. 18/10/1944
Engine cut. Accident during a forced-landing in Greece.
Crew:
Lt. (102371V) Rost Butland BERRY (pilot) SAAF - injured /died 28/10/1944
F/O (154.407) Norman Medcraft WICKS (nav.) RAFVR - Ok
Sources:
1.http://aviationarchaeology.gr/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Beaufighter-losses-in-Greece-1941-19464.pdf
2.CWGC
3.ORB
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
16-Aug-2020 09:52 |
Nepa |
Added [Operator] |
19-Apr-2022 22:57 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location, Damage] |
04-Nov-2022 21:50 |
Nepa |
Updated [Damage, Narrative, Operator] |
06-Nov-2022 19:05 |
Nepa |
Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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