ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239055
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Date: | Tuesday 1 August 1944 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X |
Owner/operator: | 252 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | NE636 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Ionian Sea, south off Oxia - Position: 38.14N 20.54E -
Greece
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Gambut, Libya |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Beaufighter NE636/H: (252Sqn) Took off at 05:35 hrs for Armed recco. 01/08/1944
Ditched off Oxia, Probably after flak damage from ship. Position: 38.14N 20.54E.
Crew:
W/O (R/130464 ) Charles Gordon Goodwin DAVIES (pilot) RCAF - POW
F/Sgt (1399695) George Norman WALLER (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 21:44 |
Nepa |
Added [Operator] |
17-May-2022 20:37 |
Nepa |
Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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