ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239863
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| Date: | Sunday 23 July 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 603 (City of Edinburgh) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LZ340 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mediterranean Sea, near Mykonos. -
 Greece
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | LG 143 Gambut 3, Libya |
Beaufighter LZ340/H: Damaged by flak from convoy off Mykonos and ditched. 23/07/1944
Aircraft broke away from his attack on convoy with smoke coming from the starboard engine and made a good ditching soon afterwards.
Crew:
W/O (R/115544) L.F. SYKES (pilot) RCAF - Ok
F/Sgt.(1395682) William Henry FOXLEY (nav.) RAFVR - Ok
Were seen to get into their dinghy. Same day picked up by local Greek fishing boat and taken to Delos Island. In evening picked up by a British Torpedo Boat and taken to Turkey.
Sources:
1. http://aviationarchaeology.gr/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Beaufighter-losses-in-Greece-1941-19464.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Aug-2020 10:06 | Nepa | Added [Operator] |
| 13-May-2022 06:57 | Ray Sykes | Updated [Narrative] |
| 13-May-2022 06:57 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2022 10:35 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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