ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 260265
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| Date: | Thursday 8 October 1942 |
| Time: | 13:50 |
| Type: |  Bristol Beaufighter Mk VIc |
| Owner/operator: | 235 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | T5141 |
| MSN: | LA-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | English Channel off Pendean Lighthouse, Cornwall, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Chivenor, Barnstaple, Devon. |
Beaufighter T5141/H: Took off at 10:58 hrs for patrol. 08/10/1942
At 12:23 hrs crew abandoned the patrol owing an engine cut and aircraft it was ditched 5 miles off The Lizard, 1 mile north of Boscastle off Pendean Lighthouse, Cornwall at 13:50 hrs. Crash into the sea off Pendean Lighthouse. (1½ miles north of Boscaswell Police House).
At 14:23 hrs information was received at Sennen Cove from the coastguard that an aeroplane was down in the sea two hundred yards off Pendeen Lighthouse, and that two men from her were drifting north-east. A strong squally NW wind was blowing, with a rough sea, and it had been decided to call out the life-boat instead of the RAF rescue launches. The Sennen Cove motor life-boat The Newbons was launched at 14:34 hrs and was met by a Lysander, which guided her to where two men in 'Mae West' jackets were floating unconscious. The life-boat took them on board and her crew tried to revive them, but without success.
Crew:
F/O (111.271) Ewart Vincent CHANDLER (Pilot) RAFVR - killed
P/O (115.603) Hugh Adam Campbell Rose CAMERON-ROSE (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=T5141
2.http://www.rafdavidstowmoor.com/clog42.html
3.Beaufighter production list
4.ORB 235 Sqdn RAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 December 1942 | EL330 | 235 Sqn RAF | 2 | Missing. |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-May-2021 11:11 | Nepa | Added [Operator] |
| 11-Jun-2022 09:43 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 26-Sep-2022 21:19 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 27-Sep-2022 21:57 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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