ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 300538
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Date: | Monday 18 January 1943 |
Time: | 06:45 |
Type: | Bristol Beaufighter Mk IF |
Owner/operator: | 153 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | V8548 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Mediterranean Sea near Cap Sigli. -
Algeria
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Maison Blanche airfield, Algiers |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Beaufighter V8548: Took off at 05:50 for a Patrol. 18/01/1943
Crashed into sea through engine failure at 06:45hrs. He crew baled out.
Aircraft he abandoned off Cap Sigli during a convoy escort following an engine failure,
Crew:
S/Ldr (86625) Alexander Stewart TURNBULL (pilot) RAFVR - killed
P/O (132.992) James Horsburgh Ramsay MURRAY (nav.) RAFVR - Ok
Sources:
1.Beaufighter production list
2.CWGC
3.ORB
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
05-Nov-2022 11:23 |
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