ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 238797
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| Date: | Saturday 13 December 1941 |
| Time: | 13:30 |
| Type: |  Bristol Beaufighter Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 272 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | T3250 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Missing - Mediterranean Sea, south of Crete. -
 Mediterranean Sea
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| RAF Luqa, Malta |
Beaufighter T3250, 272 Sqn, aircraft failed to return from operational flight over Derna, Libya, 13.12.1941.
On 13 December 1941, Flg Off Graham W Morris of 272 Sqn RAF and his navigator, Sgt Harry W Hilton, failed to return from a patrol.
They were intercepted by Oberfeldwebel Hermann Sommer of the 2./NJG 2, who was flying Junkers Ju 88 C-2 R4+MK from Iraklion airfield on Crete island. He and his crew had taken off at 10:20 hrs for a Begleitschutz (escort) flight of a Dornier Do 217.
Crew:
F/O Graham W Morris : missing believed killed
Sgt Harry W Hilton: missing believed killed
Sources:
ORB 252 Sqdn RAF
AIR81/10951
Nachtjagd Combat Archive Mediterranean Front
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Jul-2020 10:32 | Nepa | Added [Operator] |
| 25-Nov-2021 14:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities] |
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