ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239165
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Date: | Thursday 1 July 1943 |
Time: | 15:30 |
Type: | Bristol Beaufighter Mk VIF |
Owner/operator: | 227 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | JL532 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Leukas. -
Greece
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Magrun North, Libya |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Beaufighter JL532/L: Took off at 11:30 hrs for Offensive strike in Levkas canal. 01/07/1943
The 40 mm anti-aircraft fire. damaged the wing, engine and hydraulics. Failed to return /missing.
Crew:
F/Sgt (927092) John HAWKES-REED (Pilot) RAFVR - killed
W/O (Aus.406274) Laurence Raymond De MAMIEL (nav.) RAAF - POW
Sources:
1.http://aviationarchaeology.gr/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Beaufighter-losses-in-Greece-1941-19464.pdf
2.ORB 227 Sqdn RAF
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
06-Aug-2020 10:43 |
Nepa |
Added [Operator] |
02-May-2022 18:38 |
Nepa |
Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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