ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 302109
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| Date: | Thursday 12 October 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 16 Sqn SAAF |
| Registration: | NT906 |
| MSN: | "Y" |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mediterranean Sea - Oreos Channel. -
 Greece
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Biferno airfield, Campomarino (I) |
Beaufighter NT906: Took off at 11:55 hrs for Sweep to Greece coast 12/10/1944
Shot down by enemy flak fire attacking convoy in Oreos Channel
Crew:
1/Lt. (31256V) Howard Leonard HARRISON (pilot) SAAF - killed
Lt. (328549V) Allan ROSS-HENRY (nav.) SAAF - killed
Sources:
1.Beaufighter production list
2.ORB 16 Sqdn SAAF
3.CWGC
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 December 1944 | NV365 | 27 Sqn RAF | 1 | ???? Burma |  |
w/o |
| 24 March 1945 | NV567 | 16 Sqn SAAF | 0 | river near Gorazde, Yugoslavia'. |  |
w/o |
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