ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 300658
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| Date: | Friday 27 October 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Beaufighter Mk VIc |
| Owner/operator: | 132 (C) OTU RAF |
| Registration: | JL427 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, 1.5 miles ES off Barns Ness Lighthouse, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Fortune, East Lothian |
Beaufighter JL427: Took off for Training flight. 27/10/1944
Crashed into the North Sea 1,5 miles ES off Barns Ness Lighthouse, killing the pilot.
At 14:05hrs the coastguard telephoned that a British aeroplane had crashed in the sea. The weather was fine, the sea calm. At 14:20 the motor lifeboat George and Sarah Strachan was launched and went to the scene of the accident, which had been given as one and a half miles east-by-south from Barnsness Lighthouse. There she saw an aeroplane on patrol. She made a thorough search, found the wreckage and picked up the body of an airman and a rubber dinghy. She arrived back at her station again at 17:40hrs
Crew:
F/Sgt (1459715) Thomas Richard VICKERS (Pilot ) RAFVR - killed
???? (nav.) ?? - ??
Sources:
1.Beaufighter production list
2.ORB 132 OTU RAF
3.CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Nov-2022 22:56 | Nepa | Added [Operator] |
| 09-Nov-2022 09:16 | Nepa | Updated [Total fatalities, Operator] |
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