ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 278758
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Date: | Saturday 8 August 1942 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol Beaufighter Mk VIF |
Owner/operator: | 409 (Nighthawk) Sqn RCAF |
Registration: | X8162 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | North Sea, 25 miles NE of RAF North Coates, Lincolnshire, England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Digby, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Beaufighter X8162: Took off at 15:02 hrs for a Scramble under GCI Orby control. 08/08/1942
Aircraft brought down during operational flight near Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire,
Shot down into the North sea while on a defensive patrol by a Mosquito of 151 Sqdn.
Crew:
F/Sgt (R/80905) Alvin James MATCHES (pilot) RCAF - missing /believed killed;
P/O (J/15066) Bruce Allan THORNLEY (obs.) RCAF - missing /believed killed;
Sources:
Beaufighter production list
AIR81/16866
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
03-Jun-2022 19:11 |
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