Accident Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X LX923,
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Date:Tuesday 16 November 1943
Time:12:35
Type:Silhouette image of generic beau model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X
Owner/operator:47 Sqn RAF
Registration: LX923
MSN: "C"
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Missing - Mediterranean Sea -   Greece
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF El Adem, Libya
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Beaufighter LX923/C: Took off at 11:05 hrs for attack on the Siebel ferry.16/11/1943
Missing from attack on landing craft off Leros or Kalymnos; presumed shot down by Bf-109s.at 12:35
Crew:
F/O (128.593) John Bratt FLETCHER (pilot) RAFVR - killed
Sgt (1516617) Jack DALE (nav.) RAFVR - killed

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
5.A History of the Mediterranean Air War, 1940-1945:

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
09-Aug-2020 15:57 Nepa Added [Operator]
19-Apr-2022 22:55 Ron Averes Updated [Location, Damage]
08-Sep-2022 12:02 Nepa Updated [Registration, Cn, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Operator]

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