Accident Bristol Beaufighter Mk VIc T5216,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 300654
 
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Date:Saturday 12 August 1944
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic beau model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Bristol Beaufighter Mk VIc
Owner/operator:132 (C) OTU RAF
Registration: T5216
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Belhaven Sands, Belhaven Bay, near Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF East Fortune, East Lothian
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Beaufighter T5216: Took off for Training flight. 12/08/944
Engine failed and spun in Belhaven Sands, Belhaven Bay, near Dunbar,
East Lothian, Scotland.
Crew:
F/O (161669) Horace Theodore WARDLE (Pilot) RAFVR - killed
???? (nav.) ?? - Ok

Sources:

1.Beaufighter production list
2.ORB 132 OTU RAF
3.CWGC

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
08-Nov-2022 21:57 Nepa Added [Operator]

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