Accident Bristol Beaufighter Mk IIF T3025,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 72633
 
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Date:Thursday 23 October 1941
Time:21:0
Type:Silhouette image of generic beau model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Bristol Beaufighter Mk IIF
Owner/operator:307 (Lwowskich Puchaczy) Sqn RAF
Registration: T3025
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near RAF Exeter, Devon, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Exeter, East Devon
Destination airport:RAF Exeter
Narrative:
Beaufighter T3025: Took off for 18:25 hrs for Operation patrol. 23/10/1941
While returning from a mission, aircraft lost one engine and crashed at the outskirts of Exeter.
Crew:
W/Cdr (P.76642) Jerzy ANTONOWICZ (pol.pilot) PAF - killed
F/O (P.0750) Lech KARWOWSKI (pol.obs) PAF - killed

Sources:

1.http://www.polishsquadronsremembered.com/
2.ORB 307 Sqdn RAF
3.AIR81/9818

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
13-Feb-2010 10:16 NePa Added
24-Feb-2010 03:30 NePa Updated [Aircraft type]
12-Feb-2012 02:21 Nepa Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
07-Sep-2013 04:04 JINX Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative]
30-Sep-2013 10:09 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location]
18-Mar-2015 12:24 Jixon Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]
28-Jul-2020 09:34 Apen Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
15-May-2021 21:09 Anon. Updated [Location, Operator]
24-Mar-2022 22:26 Nepa Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]
04-Oct-2022 21:22 Nepa Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, Operator]

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