ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 300218
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Date: | Wednesday 25 July 1945 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X |
Owner/operator: | 22 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | RD204 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 1mile east of Nellore, Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh, Brit. India. -
India
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Gannavaram, India |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Beaufighter RD204: 1mile east of Nellore aircraft belly landing after engine failure caught fire. 25/07/1945
Pilot killed, navie escaped. aircraft appeared to be good belly landing. Brindley was caught in the cockpit and the aircraft burned. Jones suffered third degree burns in trying to rescue the pilot.
Crew:
F/Sgt (1398529) Francis Bernard BRINDLEY (pilot) RAFVR - killed
P/O (188.905) Peter Gerald JONES (nav.) RAFVR - injured
Sources:
1.Beaufighter production list
2.ORB 22 Sqdn RAF
3.CWGC
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
26-Oct-2022 17:50 |
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