ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239815
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Date: | Monday 30 August 1943 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol Beaufighter Mk VIF |
Owner/operator: | 603 (City of Edinburgh) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | EL523 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Missing - Mediterranean Sea -
Greece
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Misurata (West) Airfield, Libya |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Beaufighter EL523/C: Shot down by ship’s flak off Greek coast. Ditched. 30/08/1943
Crew:
F/O (120.334) Amighai HONIG (pilot) RAFVR - killed
F/Sgt (1060985) Robert Gilchrist FINLAY (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://aviationarchaeology.gr/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Beaufighter-losses-in-Greece-1941-19464.pdf
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
11-Aug-2020 13:40 |
Nepa |
Added [Operator] |
01-Nov-2022 15:22 |
Nepa |
Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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