ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239052
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Date: | Monday 19 June 1944 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X |
Owner/operator: | 252 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | NE546 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Kalymnos island in the southeastern Aegean Sea. -
Greece
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Mersa Matruh /LG-08 |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Beaufighter NE546/Q: Took off at 13:45 hrs for offensive sweep in lane Rhodes to Leros.19/06/1944
Damaged in enemy fire, engine flames on starboard . Ditched off Kalymnos. Rescueds to dinghy.
Crew:
P/O (173 909) William DAVENPORT DFC (pilot) RAFVR - POW
F/Sgt (1341067) Cecil Patrick GRAINGER (nav.) RAFVR - POW
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 21:36 |
Nepa |
Added [Operator] |
17-May-2022 11:44 |
Nepa |
Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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