Incident Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X ????,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 302132
 
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Date:Sunday 10 September 1944
Time:16:20
Type:Silhouette image of generic beau model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X
Owner/operator:16 Sqn SAAF
Registration: ????
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:6 miles west of Polycastron. -   Greece
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Biferno airfield, Campomarino (I)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Beaufighter ????/R: Took off at 15:20 hrs for attack to marshalling yards Polycastron.10/09/1944
Hit by flak and belly landed Polycastron Greece. Escape.
Crew:
Lt. (????) W.M. SNYMAN (pilot) SAAF - Ok
Lt. (????) R. RIBBINK (nav.) SAAF - Ok

Sources:

1.Beaufighter production list
2.ORB 16 Sqdn SAAF
3.CWGC

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