ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 301164
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| Date: | Friday 5 November 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 254 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LZ178 |
| MSN: | QM-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Ses, 60 km west off Den Helder, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF North Coates, Lincolnshire |
Beaufighter LZ178/F: Took off at 06:30 hrs for Anti Shipping patrol /Conebo. 05/11/1943
At dawn 8 Beaufighters of 254 Sqn RAF were sent out to search raiders and they found at 07:30 hrs 4 E-boats in the North Sea 60 km west of Den Helder, Holland, by 53.13N, 03.17E, and attacked three of them with cannon, setting one alight amidships. It was the 2nd group of the 6. S-Flottille returning home. S-74 was heavily damaged, abandoned and then sunk by a torpedo of S-135. S-61 and S-116 were also damaged but made it to port. There was no German air cover available, but the Beaufighter LZ178 was shot down during this attack.
Crew:
F/O (NZ416532) William George PALMER (pilot) RNZAF - killed
F/O (130.841) Peter Warren Sykes SMALLWOOD (Nav./W) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl
2.Beaufighter production list
3.CWGC
4.ORB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 January 1944 | LZ434 | 254 Sqn RAF | 2 | Missing - North Sea near Borkum Islands. |  |
w/o |
| 17 January 1945 | NE465 | 254 Sqn RAF | 1 | Hornsloot, Twisk, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Nov-2022 23:21 | Nepa | Added [Operator] |
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