ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239181
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Date: | Wednesday 6 October 1943 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol Beaufighter Mk VIc |
Owner/operator: | 227 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | JM648 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Aegean sea -
Greece
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Nicosia, Cyprus |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Beaufighter JM648/M: Took off at 13:05 hrs for Fighter cover in Nostrin. 06/10/1943
Both engines cut; ditched in Aegean sea on convoy escort.
Crew:
P/O (J/21277) Burgess John BEARE DFC (pilot) RCAF - rescued
Sgt. (1535815) Cecil Ewart HUMPHREYS (nav.) RAFVR - rescued.
Sources:
1.http://aviationarchaeology.gr/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Beaufighter-losses-in-Greece-1941-19464.pdf
2.ORB 207 Sqdn RAF
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
06-Aug-2020 17:08 |
Nepa |
Added [Operator] |
04-May-2022 11:27 |
Nepa |
Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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