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Date: | Friday 26 November 1943 |
Time: | 13:30 |
Type: | Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X |
Owner/operator: | 47 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | LX987 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Mediterranean Sea, south of Astropalia Island -
Greece
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | ALG Gambut III/Satellite No.2, Libya |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Beaufighter LX987/D: Took off at 11:40 hrs for mission. 26/11/1943
Engine trouble off Stampalia, ditched south of Astropalia.
Crew:
F/O (J/20210) Forrest June GREGORY (US pilot) RCAF - killed
F/O (136.058) Alan George WOOD (nav.) RAFVR - killed.
Sources:
1.http://aviationarchaeology.gr/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Beaufighter-losses-in-Greece-1941-1946.pdf
2.Beaufighter production list
3 ORB 47 Sqdn RAF
5.A History of the Mediterranean Air War, 1940-1945:
Revision history:
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09-Aug-2020 16:05 |
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08-Sep-2022 12:16 |
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08-Sep-2022 12:18 |
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01-Nov-2022 08:20 |
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