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Date: | Sunday 4 July 1943 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol Beaufighter Mk XIc |
Owner/operator: | 404 (Buffalo) Sqn RCAF |
Registration: | JM133 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
Location: | North Sea near Kristiansund. -
Norway
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Wick, Caithness |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Beaufighter JM133: Took off for Anti shipping patrol over Norway coast. 04/07/1943
Aircraft seen to engage enemy fighter over German convoy near Kristiansund, Norway.
Beaus failed to return from mission /missing.
Crew:
F/O (J/13741) James Rudolph RUMBEL (US.pilot) RCAF - killed
P/O (J/18455) Joseph Moise Gaston LALONDE (nav.) RCAF - killed
Sources:
1.https://wartimes.ca/forums/viewtopic.php?t=588
2.http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=JM133
3.ORB 404 Sqdn RAF
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
16-Dec-2019 22:51 |
tachel |
Added |
18-Jan-2021 18:45 |
fanda |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
07-Oct-2022 10:17 |
Nepa |
Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |