ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 300264
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Date: | Friday 24 September 1943 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X |
Owner/operator: | 39 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | LX799 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Sardinia -
Italy
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Protville II. Tunisia |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Beaufighter LX799/A: Took off at 14:35 hrs for Offensive fighter patrol at Elba. 24/09/1943
F/O Cox and F/O Spearey, last seen heading east with fighter (Me109) on its tail.
His plane was shot down over the sea off the coast of Sardinia. The crew made ditchet and were rescued.
Crew:
F/O (124.417) Neill Dudley COX (pilot) RAFVR - Ok
F/O (130.577) William Welch SPEAREY (nav.) RAFVR - Ok /injured
Sources:
1.Beaufighter production list
2.ORB
Revision history:
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28-Oct-2022 12:12 |
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28-Oct-2022 12:22 |
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Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
28-Oct-2022 12:32 |
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