ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 300259
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Date: | Friday 24 September 1943 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X |
Owner/operator: | 39 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | LX792 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 15 miles west off Pianosa island, Tuscany, Tyrrhenian Sea. -
Italy
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Protville II. Tunisia |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Beaufighter LX792/G: Took off at 07:15 hrs for Offensive fighter patrol at Corsika. 24/09/1943
S/Ldr Petch and P/O G.F. Williams Observed to ditch by F/O I.D.Charles in LX883 'F', he also saw the two crew get into their dinghy and continued to circle them until they were picked up by a launch from Pianosa island.
Crew:
S/Ldr (????) PETCH (pilot) RAF?? - Ok
P/O (????) G.F. WILLIAMS (nav.) RAF?? - Ok
Sources:
1.Beaufighter production list
2.CWGC
3.ORB
4.POW
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
28-Oct-2022 10:41 |
Nepa |
Added [Operator] |
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