Accident Bristol Beaufighter Mk IF X8144,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 300396
 
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Date:Wednesday 30 June 1943
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic beau model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Bristol Beaufighter Mk IF
Owner/operator:603 (City of Edinburgh) Sqn RAF
Registration: X8144
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Heliopolis, near Cairo. -   Egypt
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Misurata (West) airfield, Libya
Destination airport:RAF Heliopolis
Narrative:
Beaufighter X8144/F: Took off for non operation Local flight. 30/06/1943
Lost on non-operatiobal flight near Cairo.
Crew:
Sgt(1334667) Jonathan Rhys Richard JONES (Pilot) RAFVR - killed
Sgt (646920) William Edgar James POWELL (nav.) RAFVR - killed
+
F/Sgt (513206) Leonard CLARK (pass.) RAF - Killed
???? (pass.) RAFVR - ??

Sources:

1.http://aviationarchaeology.gr/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Beaufighter-losses-in-Greece-1941-19464.pdf
2.CWGC
3.ORB

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
01-Nov-2022 16:33 Nepa Added [Operator]

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