ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 164161
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| Date: | Wednesday 24 May 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 1 OADU RAF |
| Registration: | KW129 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Missing - Atlantic Ocean between Portreath and Gibraltar -
 Atlantic Ocean
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Portreath, Cornwall |
| RAF North Front, Gibraltar |
Baufighter KW129 which went missing whilst on a ferry flight from Portreath to Gibraltar to Rabat Sale on 24th May 1944. Both crew officially listed by the RAF as ‘missing, believed killed'. No trace of the aircraft, its crew of two of any wreckage has ever been found
Crew:
F/Sgt (1035576) Adrian PEARSON (pilot) RAFVR - killed
F/O (152.565) Colin SACKER (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?16430-440524-Unaccounted-Airwoman-amp-Airmen-24-5-1944
2. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1804089/pearson,-adrian/
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2940800/sacker,-colin/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Feb-2014 19:05 | Nepa | Added |
| 07-Feb-2015 22:10 | Don Diego | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 27-Apr-2019 23:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Aug-2021 14:00 | TB | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
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