ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239214
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| Date: | Wednesday 16 February 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Beaufighter Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 227 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EL467 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | sea off Nauplio, on the Argolic Gulf in the northeast Peloponnese. -
 Greece
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Berka S, Benghazi, Libya |
Beaufighter EL467/J: Hit by enemy flak and ditched, Nauplio, Greece. 16/02/1944
On 16 February 1944 W/Cdr Buchanan was shot down into the sea when leading four Beaufighters of 227 Sqdn against a dredger in the Gulf of Argolis, about sixty miles south-west of Athens. A Bulgarian member of the the ground staff who had been allowed to fly on the sortie, LAC (ACH/GD) Eliav, went down with the machine. Buchanan and his navigator, W/O Howes got into a dinghy dropped by another Beaufighter, Although Buchanan seemed to be unharmed, he went quiet after some time and then died. It was a sad end for commanders .
W/Cdr. Buchanan DSO DFC bar (pilot) last seen sitting on a floating fuel tank twiddling his moustache and making rude signs to the rest of the formation circling overhead. He was found dead from hunger thirst andexposure some days later.
Crew:
W/Cdr ((39628) John Kenneth “Butch” BUCHANAN DSO DFC bar (pilot) RAF - killed
W/O (1250604) Reginald Charles "Reg" HOWES (Nav.) RAFVR - Ok rescued.
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LAC (774212) Eliahou ELIAV (ACH/GD) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://aviationarchaeology.gr/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Beaufighter-losses-in-Greece-1941-19464.pdf
2.CWGC
3.ORB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Aug-2020 15:42 | Nepa | Added [Operator] |
| 01-Nov-2022 19:50 | Nepa | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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