Date:	Thursday 20 January 1944
Time:
Type:	Bristol Beaufighter Mk VIF
Owner/operator:	417th (NF) Sqn USAAF
Registration:	KV940
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Sebkaha D 'Oran, 7 miles south-west of airfield La Senia -   Algeria
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Oran /La Senia, Algeria
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Beaufighter KV940: Took off for mission. 20/01/1944
Lost an engine on take-off from Oran-La Senia airfield, Algeria. His Beaufighter VI KV940 crumpled into a ball in a salt lake 7 miles southwest of the runway and was totally destroyed. Pilot died instantly and his radar operator died some hours later in the hospital.
Crew:
F/O (T.000311) Clarence Knox FULLER (pilot) USAAF - killed
F/O (T.223032) John F CLEMMENS (nav.) USAAF - killed

1.Beaufighters in the Night: The 417th Night Fighter Squadron USAAF", by Braxton Eisel.
2.http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbasqdn.asp?squad=417NFS
3.http://417th-nightfighters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/417th-NFS-Flying-Personnel-Christensen-VanLaecken.pdf.

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
08-Nov-2011 08:33	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type]
08-Dec-2013 07:27	Anon.	Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants]
14-Feb-2014 14:01	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Narrative]
01-Apr-2015 13:28	Anon.	Updated [Narrative]
23-Jan-2017 06:27	Laurent Rizzotti	Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative]
28-Aug-2017 17:32	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location]
28-Jan-2021 10:51	Anon.	Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Operator]