ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 302050
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Date: | Tuesday 26 December 1944 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X |
Owner/operator: | 16 Sqn SAAF |
Registration: | NE528 |
MSN: | "D" |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | sea near Biferno airfield, Campomarino. -
Italy
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Biferno airfield, Campomarino (I) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Beaufighter NE528/D: Took off for Training flight. 26/12/1944
Ditchet in the sea after starboard engine caught fire.
Crew:
Lt (5238V) Leslie Fitzherbert Hinton CATHERINE (pilot) SAAF - killed
Lt (542517V) D.J. DRIVER (nav.) SAAF - injured
Sources:
1.Beaufighter production list
2.ORB 16 Sqdn SAAF
3.CWGC
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