Accident Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X RD422,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 305703
 
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Date:Monday 30 July 1945
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic beau model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X
Owner/operator:5 (C) OTU RAF
Registration: RD422
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:6 miles south of RAF Turnberry, Ayrshire, Scotland -   United Kingdom
Phase: Take off
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Turnberry, Ayrshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Beaufighter RD422: Took off for Training flight. 30/07/1945
Lost height after take off from base, propeller feathered, ditched
6 miles south of RAF Turnberry.
Crew:
F/Sgt (1801076) Harold Leonard SEABROOK (pilot) RAFVR - killed
F/Sgt (1624130) Frederick Robert LEY (nav.) RAFVR - killed

Sources:

1.Beaufighter production list
2.ORB 5 OTU RAF
3.CWGC

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