ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 300175
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Date: | Sunday 28 January 1945 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X |
Owner/operator: | 489 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | NE538 |
MSN: | P6-E |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | sea near Skånevik in Stromese Fjord. -
Norway
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Dallachy, Moray, Scotland |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Beaufighter NE538/E : Took off at 19:47 hrs for a Rover patrol off Bömmel Fjord, near Haugesund. 28/01/1945
Crashed into the water near Skinevik in Stromese Fjord(?). The RAAF navigator was rescued from the water and taken prisoner,
Crew:
F/Lt (NZ412761) Lloyd Robert STUCHBERY (Pilot) RNZAF - injured /died 29/01/1945
P/O (Aus.413840) Rex Steward EBERT (Nav.) RAAF - POW
Sources:
1.Beaufighter production list
2.ORB
3.CWGC
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24-Oct-2022 11:17 |
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24-Oct-2022 11:37 |
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