ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 274623
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Date: | Wednesday 31 January 1945 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X |
Owner/operator: | 211 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | NE646 |
MSN: | M-Z |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Chiringa, near Chittagong, Bengal, Brit.India. -
Bangladesh
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Chiringa, Brit.India |
Destination airport: | RAF Chiringa |
Narrative:Beaufighter NE646/Z: Hit by LMG fire while attacking three lorries which were damaged. at base it was impossible to operate the hydraulics as the pilot made a belly landing. 31/01/1945
Returned from a sortie on 31/01/1945 with ground-fire damage that prevented pilot from lowering either the undercarriage or the flaps. In an excellent wheels-up landing back at Chiringa, the only injury was a cut finger for Nav. P/O Carruthers.
Crew:
F/Lt (Aus.406372)) Percival Neville STACEY DFC (pilot) RAFVR - Ok
P/O ((185.015) John CARRUTHERS (nav.) RAF - Ok
Sources:
http://www.211squadron.org/bristol_beaufighter.html Beaufighter production list
ORB 211 Sqdn RAF
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24-Jan-2022 14:30 |
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25-Jan-2022 19:08 |
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