ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 302000
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| Date: | Monday 24 April 1944 |
| Time: | 21:55 |
| Type: |  Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 16 Sqn SAAF |
| Registration: | NV??? |
| MSN: | "R" |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Missing. -
 Mediterranean Sea
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Berca 3, Benghazi, Libya |
Beaufighter TFX ????/R: Took off at 16:40 hrs for Convoy patrol. 24/04/1944
Missing over Mediterranean Sea at 21:55 hrs.
Crew:
Lt (103613V) Axel Edwin "Boxer" WALLEM (pilot) SAAF - killed
Lt (209064V) Alexander Robert Louis "Stewey" STEWART (obs) SAAF - killed
Sources:
1.Beaufighter production list
2.ORB 16 Sqn SAAF
3.CWGC
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 April 1944 | ???? | 16 Sqn SAAF | 2 | Mediterranean Sea off west coast of Greece. |  |
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