Accident Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X LZ378,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 300434
 
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Date:Tuesday 21 March 1944
Time:13:06
Type:Silhouette image of generic beau model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X
Owner/operator:16 Sqn SAAF
Registration: LZ378
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Mediterranean Sea, 2 miles north-east of Kyparissia -   Greece
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Berka 3, Benghazi, Libya
Destination airport:RAF Tocra, Cyrenaica
Narrative:
Beaufighter LZ378/L: Took off at 11:05 hrs for Anti shipping mission over Crete. 21/03/1944
Damaged and crashed 2 miles north-east of Kyparissia at 13:05 hrs.
Crew:
Lt. (206663V) Leo West Marais DU TOIT (pilot) SAAF - killed
Lt. (48120V) Christiaan Jacobus DE JAGER (Nav./WOp) SAAF - killed

Sources:

1.http://aviationarchaeology.gr/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Beaufighter-losses-in-Greece-1941-19464.pdf

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
02-Nov-2022 20:59 Nepa Added [Operator]

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