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Date: | Friday 5 November 1943 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X |
Owner/operator: | 47 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Mediterranean Sea - bay north of Lavrio. -
Greece
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF El Adem, Libya |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Beaufighter… / D: Took off at 11:30 hrs for Torpedo strike to Lavrio bay. 05/11/1943
It received anti-aircraft fire from a German ship and with a fire in the right engine it landed successfully, in the bay north of Lavrio.
Crew:
W/Cdr (63074) James Albert "Jimmy" LEE-EVANS DFC (pilot) RAF- POW
F/Lt (120.917) David Arthur HEDEN (nav.) RAFVR - POW
Sources:
1.http://aviationarchaeology.gr/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Beaufighter-losses-in-Greece-1941-19464.pdf
2.Beaufighter production list
3 ORB 47 Sqdn RAF
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
09-Aug-2020 09:43 |
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Added [Operator] |
07-Sep-2022 20:57 |
Nepa |
Updated [Registration, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
07-Sep-2022 21:27 |
Nepa |
Updated [Narrative, Operator] |