ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52299
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| Date: | Tuesday 22 June 1943 |
| Time: | 17:15 |
| Type: |  Bristol Beaufighter Mk XIc |
| Owner/operator: | 254 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JM222 |
| MSN: | QM-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea west of Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF North Coates, Lincolnshire |
Beaufighter JM222/N: Took off at 15:47hrs for operation mission.22/06/1943
Company with aircraft of the squadron, 236 Sqn and 143 Sqn as an attack wing and formated with their fighter escort over Coltishall. At 17:10 hrs the wing sighted and attacked a convoy of 6 M.V.s complete with M class escort vessels and armed trawlers in position 52 10N 04 08E. Intense Flak was encountered and N was seen to crash into the North Sea in flames west of Scheveningen.
Crew:
F/Lt.(62701) Leonard Victor CRAXTON (pilot) RAF - POW
F/Sgt.(1167594) Roy Charles GARTON (nav.) RAF - killed
Sources:
1.https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl
2.CWGC
3.ORB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 May 1943 | JL??? | 254 Sqn RAF | 2 | Missing - North Sea |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Nov-2010 15:15 | Anon. | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants] |
| 08-Nov-2011 09:20 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 11-Feb-2014 17:41 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2018 19:37 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Aug-2018 19:06 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 18-Aug-2018 19:29 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 26-Sep-2018 09:40 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 05-Aug-2020 09:39 | soucek56 | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator] |
| 23-Jun-2022 01:50 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 24-Oct-2022 20:53 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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