Incident Bristol Beaufighter RP Mk X KW399,
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Date:Tuesday 1 May 1945
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic beau model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Bristol Beaufighter RP Mk X
Owner/operator:177 Sqn RAF
Registration: KW399
MSN: H-B
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Chiringa, near Chittagong, Bengal, Brit.India -   Bangladesh
Phase: Take off
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Chiringa, Brit.India
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Beaufighter KW399/B: Tookoff at 13:00 hrs for mission. 01/05/1945
Swung on take off, and hit tree and aircraft Harvard FS809.
Crew:
F/O (152.183) Leslie Edwin Hugh SCOTCHMER (pilot) RAFVR - Ok
F/O (153.923) Adam Lockhart MURPHY (nav.) RAFVR - Ok

Sources:

1. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq= KW399
2.ORB 177 Sqdn RAF

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
11 March 1945 NV266 177 Sqn RAF 0 RAF Dabaing in Akyab, Burma w/o
Gear-up landing

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
22-Jan-2022 22:04 Nepa Added [Operator]
22-Jan-2022 23:01 Nepa Updated [Cn, Narrative, Operator]

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