ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 300395
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| Date: | Sunday 2 May 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Beaufighter Mk IF |
| Owner/operator: | 603 (City of Edinburgh) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | V8322 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mediterranean Sea, off the Libyan coast, 30 miles NE of Misurata -
 Libya
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Misurata (West) airfield, Libya |
Beaufighter V8322: Took off at 18:35 hrs to carry out a convoy patrol in the Mediterranean until dark. 02/05/1943
The aircraft was seen at 19:15 hrs in position 32.41N, 15.39E (approximately 30 miles north east of Misurata). The aircraft was not seen again and it failed to return to base. There were enemy aircraft in the vicinity of the convoy at around 19:15 hrs, and V8322 may have been shot down. It was later recorded that the missing crew had lost their lives at sea.
Crew:
F/O (120.599) Mervyn Frederick SCANTLEBURY (pilot) RAFVR - killed
W/O (Aus.406319) Beverley Galbraith JAMES (nav.) RAAF - killed
Sources:
1.http://aviationarchaeology.gr/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Beaufighter-losses-in-Greece-1941-19464.pdf
2.CWGC
3.ORB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Nov-2022 15:47 | Nepa | Added [Operator] |
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