ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 90954
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| Date: | Wednesday 5 August 1942 |
| Time: | 03:15 |
| Type: |  Bristol Beaufighter Mk IF |
| Owner/operator: | 604 (County of Middlesex) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X7571 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bournemouth, Dorset, England -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middle Wallop, Hampshire |
Beaufighter X7571: Took off at 00:35 hrs for a Defensive Patrol. 05/08/1942
The aircraft accident at 03:15 hrs. /crashed on emergency landing at Bournemouth, Dorset, after an engagement with an enemy bomber Heinkel He111
Crew:
P/O (109.003) Stephen Allen SPENCER (Pilot) RAFVR : killed
Sgt (????) J. POTTAGE (obs.) RAFVR : bale out /Ok
Sources:
1.AIR81/16895
2.ORB 604 Sqdn RAF
3.http://www.luftwaffe.cz
4.CWGC
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