ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 300448
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Date: | Thursday 13 April 1944 |
Time: | 13:50 |
Type: | Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X |
Owner/operator: | 16 Sqn SAAF |
Registration: | ???? |
MSN: | "R" |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Mediterranean Sea off west coast of Greece. -
Greece
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Berca 3, Benghazi, Libya |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Beaufighter ????/R: Took off for attacked a caique off Coroni. 13/04/1944
Severely damaged and crashed in sea off west coast of Greece at 13:50 hrs.
Crew:
Lt. (103598V) Allan Mitchell KENYON (pilot) SAAF - killed
Lt. (313636V) Philip Daniel VAN DEN BERG (nav.) SAAF - killed
Sources:
1.http://aviationarchaeology.gr/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Beaufighter-losses-in-Greece-1941-19464.pdf
2.CWGC
3.ORB
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