ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50496
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| Date: | Saturday 20 May 1944 |
| Time: | 23:00 |
| Type: |  Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 236 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LZ450 |
| MSN: | MB-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Scheurpolder 's-Gravenzande, 30 km W of Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF North Coates, Lincolnshire |
Beaufighter X LZ450/Q: Took off at 20:50 hrs for a attack on a naval convoys off the coast of Holland. 20/05/1944
The plane was hit by marine-flak from the convoy that was attacked.
Capt. Mendousse and his navigator F/O Hustwick must have bailed out of their plane over the sea after which his plane continued flying for a short distance and crashed on land or in the sea near the North-Sea coast.
Crew:
Capt. (FAFL 31.032) Pierre Léon MENDOUSSE (pilot) FFAF - bale out /killed
F/O (152.520) Maurice Wade HUSTWICK (nav.) RAFVR - bale out /killed
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl
http://www.ww2f.com/topic/29316-beaufighter-x-lz450-236-sqdr-1944-05-20/
3.CWGC
4.ORB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 September 1944 | NE746 | 236 Sqn RAF | 1 | De Hors, Texel, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Nov-2011 08:41 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 13-Feb-2014 07:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Feb-2015 22:06 | Scout | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport] |
| 16-May-2019 14:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-May-2021 16:46 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Operator] |
| 25-Oct-2022 10:48 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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