Accident Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X NE415,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239767
 
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Date:Saturday 17 June 1944
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic beau model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X
Owner/operator:39 Sqn RAF
Registration: NE415
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Salonika. -   Greece
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Taranto-Grottaglie airport, Italy
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Beaufighter NE415/L: Took off at 06:27 hrs for Recce mission. 17/06/1944
Was attacking a train near Salonika when it flew into the ground near Salonika.
Crew:
F/O (151.688) Peter Harold GREENBURGH (Pilot) RAFVR - killed
F/O (152.084) Arnold OAKES (Nav.) RAFVR - Killed

Sources:

http://aviationarchaeology.gr/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Beaufighter-losses-in-Greece-1941-19464.pdf
2.CWGC
3.ORB

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
10-Aug-2020 10:40 Nepa Added [Operator]
27-Oct-2022 18:37 Nepa Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]

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