ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 267049
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| Date: | Sunday 7 May 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 211 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NE539 |
| MSN: | UQ-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near TUTPU SQ6895, Burma -
 Myanmar
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bhatpara, Brit.India |
Beaufighter TFX NE539 (211 Sqdn RAF) Coded ‘Z’ ​
Beaufighters "Y" and "Z" take off 06:34hrs to attack at communications on the Lashio-Bhamo road.
Haakenson and Ferguson in ‘Y’ returned OK in action 7 May 1944.
Beaufighter NE539 ‘Z’ lost in action, Hit by heavy AAA, lost one engine, crew abandonned aircraft.
Crew:
P/O (J/86784) Warren Douglass HALL (pilot) RCAF - chute failed to open
P/O (176.397) John Graham PARKER (nav.) RAFVR - taken PoW but died of dysentery in captivity at Rangoon Gaol.
Sources:
Personel file of P/O Hall from DND Archives Canada
http://www.211squadron.org/bristol_beaufighter.html
ORB 211 Sqdn RAF
https://aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ne539&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
https://aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=Hall&qand=211sqn&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1814840
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Aug-2021 22:29 | Nepa | Added [Operator] |
| 23-Jan-2022 15:29 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 04-Sep-2023 14:20 | tachel | Updated [[Location, Departure airport, Operator]] |
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