ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239041
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Date: | Wednesday 9 February 1944 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X |
Owner/operator: | 252 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | LZ287 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Cambos village, Ikaria island. -
Greece
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Matruh West, Egypt |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Beaufighter LZ287/E: Took off at 11:05 hrs for offensive recco over Easter Aegean sea. 09/02/1944
Shot down by Bf-109s, over Ikaria. Cambos village.
Crew:
F/Lt (100.613) Reginald Henry Rome MEYER (pilot) RAFVR - killed
F/Sgt (1395133) Peter GRIEVE (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
http://aviationarchaeology.gr/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Beaufighter-losses-in-Greece-1941-19464.pdf Beaufighter-losses-in-Greece-1941-19464.pdf
Orb 252 Sqdn RAF
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
03-Aug-2020 19:44 |
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Added [Operator] |
16-May-2022 18:54 |
Nepa |
Updated [Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
02-Nov-2022 11:08 |
Nepa |
Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
02-Nov-2022 11:09 |
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Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
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