Accident Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X LZ464,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239044
 
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Date:Monday 3 April 1944
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic beau model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X
Owner/operator:252 Sqn RAF
Registration: LZ464
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Missing - Mediterranean Sea -   Greece
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Matruh West, Egypt
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Beaufighter LZ464: Took off at 21:30 hrs for night intruder mission to Rhodos.03/04/1944 Missing.
Crew:
F/O (131.580) Robert Wilfred DENSHAM (pilot) RAFVR - killed
F/O (131.013) Kenneth Norman BRADFORD (nav.) RAFVR - killed

Sources:

1.http://aviationarchaeology.gr/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Beaufighter-losses-in-Greece-1941-19464.pdf
2.Beaufighter-losses-in-Greece-1941-19464.pdfcREW:
3.ORB 252 Sqdn RAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
03-Aug-2020 20:00 Nepa Added [Operator]
17-May-2022 09:49 Nepa Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]
03-Nov-2022 07:50 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]

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