ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 300433
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Date: | Thursday 16 March 1944 |
Time: | 07:16 |
Type: | Bristol Beaufighter Mk Ic |
Owner/operator: | 227 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | X8105 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Tocra base, on the coast of the Marj District, the Cyrenaica region. -
Libya
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Berka 3, Benghazi, Libya |
Destination airport: | RAF Tocra, Cyrenaica |
Narrative:Beaufighter X8105/O: Took off at 02:45 hrs for Intruder mission over Crete. 16/03/1944
Damaged by striking sea /engine, wing, proppeler, undercarriage/. Crash landed at 07:16 hrs.
Crew:
F/Lt (J/16395) James Shepard HOLLAND DFM (us.pilot) RCAF - Ok
F/Sgt (????) J. TEMPLETON (nav.) RAFVR - Ok
Sources:
1.http://aviationarchaeology.gr/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Beaufighter-losses-in-Greece-1941-19464.pdf
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Nov-2022 20:46 |
Nepa |
Added [Operator] |
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