ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 302050
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| Date: | Tuesday 26 December 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 16 Sqn SAAF |
| Registration: | NE528 |
| MSN: | "D" |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | sea near Biferno airfield, Campomarino. -
 Italy
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Biferno airfield, Campomarino (I) |
Beaufighter NE528/D: Took off for Training flight. 26/12/1944
Ditchet in the sea after starboard engine caught fire.
Crew:
Lt (5238V) Leslie Fitzherbert Hinton CATHERINE (pilot) SAAF - killed
Lt (542517V) D.J. DRIVER (nav.) SAAF - injured
Sources:
1.Beaufighter production list
2.ORB 16 Sqdn SAAF
3.CWGC
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 November 1943 | LX928 | 47 Sqn RAF | 0 | the beach of San Nikola Bay, Leros. |  |
w/o |
| 3 March 1944 | LZ???? | 16 Sqn SAAF | 0 | Berca 3, Benghazi. |  |
w/o |
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