ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 282561
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| Date: | Thursday 14 December 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 27 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NV365 |
| MSN: | "Y" |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | ???? Burma -
 Myanmar
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Chiringa, Brit.India |
Beaufighter NV365/Y: Took off at 07:55 hrs for sortie, an armed reconnaissance of the Thazi - Mandalay railway.14/12/1944
F/O Osboldstone recorded :
"Took off 10 minutes late after putting one aircraft unserviceable and was airborne a few seconds after S/Ldr Harvey and followed him across the hills, over Mt Victoria, down the hillside and across the Irrawaddy a few miles above 'Chauk'. We split up at the river and I made for the south of Mt Poppa, and he to the north. On crossing the road in the foothills to the south of Poppa I was hit by accurate light and heavy machine or cannon fire. The starboard engine packed up and the propeller failed to feather. Being at low level and with a full load of petrol and ammunition I was forced to attempt a crash-landing. I dived at about 130 knots into a small clearing but the aircraft was wrecked. My navigator, F/Sgt Blundon was killed. The aircraft burst into flames and I had to fight my way out with things getting very warm. I was picked up by the Burmese from a village 100 yards away and they handed it over to the Japanese.
Crew:
F/O (NZ411617) Eric Jack OSBOLDSTONE (pilot) RNZAF - Ok /POW
F/Sgt (1800382) Frank BLUNDEN (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.Beaufighter production list
2.ORB 27 Sqdn RAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 October 1944 | NT906 | 16 Sqn SAAF | 2 | Mediterranean Sea - Oreos Channel. |  |
w/o |
| 24 March 1945 | NV567 | 16 Sqn SAAF | 0 | river near Gorazde, Yugoslavia'. |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Sep-2022 20:56 | Nepa | Added [Operator] |
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