ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 192064
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Date: | Monday 12 May 1941 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol Beaufort Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 217 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | W6494 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Carpiquet, near Caen -
France
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF St.-Eval, Cornwall, UK |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The plane, returning from a reconnaissance mission over St. Nazaire, was shot down.
Sgt. D.E.R. ELWOOD (KIA)
Sgt. G.T. HARDWICK (KIA)
Sgt. W. BENNET (POW)
Sgt. G.A.D. RITCHIE (POW)
Sources:
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=15377 http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=3738 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
19-Dec-2016 16:11 |
gerard57 |
Added |
04-Oct-2018 14:10 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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