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Date: | Friday 27 August 1943 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol Beaufighter Mk VIF |
Owner/operator: | 417th (NF) Sqn USAAF |
Registration: | ???? |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near RAF Oran - Tafaraoui,12 miles south-east of the city of Oran. -
Algeria
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Oran - Tafaraoui, Algeria |
Destination airport: | RAF Oran - Tafaraoui |
Narrative:Beaufighter ????: Took off for Dawn operational patrol. 27/08/1943
Crashed in fog near Tafaraoui airfield. Beauf coming back for landing from a Dawn Patol with the field closed in crashed into a mountain top several miles from base.
Crew:
1st.Lt (O.735846) Chester K. WATSON (pilot) USAAF - killed
F/O (T.223016) Tello De SANTIS (nav.) USAAF - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
2.http://sudwall.superforum.fr/t5406-417th-nfs-at-le-vallon
3.CWGC
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