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Date: | Friday 16 October 1942 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol Beaufighter Mk VIF |
Owner/operator: | 248 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | T5292 |
MSN: | WR-G |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Missing. -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Talbenny, Pembrokeshire, Wales |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Beaufighter T5292/G: Took off at 08:05 hrs for a Interception patrol.16/10/1942
Crashed / Missing.
Crew:
Sgt (1196247) George Francis HITCH (pilot) RAFVR - killed
Sgt (656794) Kenneth JONES (obs.) RAF - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=T5292
2.http://www.rafcommands.com/database/air27/index.php?qnum=248&qdate=1942-10-16
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
22 January 1942 |
T4786 |
248 Sqn RAF |
2 |
North Sea near IJmuiden, Noord-Holland |
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w/o |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
19-May-2021 20:59 |
Nepa |
Added [Operator] |