ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239201
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Date: | Friday 5 November 1943 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol Beaufighter Mk XIc |
Owner/operator: | 227 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | JL276 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Aegean sea, south off Rhodes island, Dodecanese islands. -
Greece
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Lakatamia, Cyprus |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The 4 aircrafts took off from Lakatamia, Cyprus at 07:30hrs, weather - fine. At 08:58 hrs at sea level, Castelrosso, set course for North of Rhodes. At 09:50hrs, 3550N, 2805E, sighted 4 Bf-109's approaching on a southerly course at 2000ft. They turned East and opened throttles, taking violent evasive action, Bf-109's, upon seeing our aircraft, jettisoned long range fuel tanks and turned into attack.
Beaufighter JM276/C: Shot down by Bf-109s near Rhodos. 05/11/1943
Was attacked by a Bf-109 and was last seen heading South, still being chased.
Crew:
F/O (J/20699) Paul Apollon MAZUR (pilot) RCAF - Killed
F/O (135.046) Kenneth STAKES (nav.) RAFVR - Killed
Sources:
1.http://aviationarchaeology.gr/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Beaufighter-losses-in-Greece-1941-19464.pdf
2.ORB 227 Sqdn RAF
Revision history:
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07-Aug-2020 07:26 |
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04-May-2022 10:54 |
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