ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 274614
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| Date: | Wednesday 18 October 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 211 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NE540 |
| MSN: | M-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Missing - Burma -
 Myanmar
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Chiringa, Brit.India |
Beaufighter NE540/Z: Took off at 06:50 hrs for attack to Mingaladon airfield. 18/10/1944
On 18 October 1944, six aircraft led by S/Ldr Martineau attacked to Japan Mingaladon airfield
Five miles out, they observed aircraft above the target but pressed their attack home. F/Lt Coles and F/O Painter were last seen breaking off to the South-East having completed a run over the airfield, (by F/Sgt Begg and F/Sgt Rowan flying as their No 2 in NV210/‘W’). Japanese Ki 43 Oscars gave chase to all the Beaufighters but failed to make contact. However NE540 crew did not return /missing.
Crew:
F/Lt (41553) Rodney Maxwell COLES (pilot) RAF - killed
F/O (152.568) Raymond Sydney PAINTER (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
http://www.211squadron.org/bristol_beaufighter.html
Beaufighter production list
ORB 211 Sqdn RAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 31 January 1945 | NE646 | 211 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Chiringa, near Chittagong, Bengal, Brit.India. |  |
w/o |
| Gear-up landing | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Jan-2022 11:40 | Nepa | Added [Operator] |
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