Accident Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X LX934,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51228
 
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Date:Tuesday 23 November 1943
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic beau model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X
Owner/operator:236 Sqn RAF
Registration: LX934
MSN: ND-B
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:North Sea 5 km NW of Texel, Noord-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF North Coates, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Beaufighter LX934/B: Took off at 13:32hrs. for a strike operation to a convoy. 23/11/1943
Shot down while attacking a convoy west of Den Helder, Noord-Holland.
Crew:
F/Sgt (658006) John Gilbert POTTER (pilot) RAF - killed
Sgt (1585021) Frederick George WILLIAMSON (nav.) RAFVR - killed

Sources:

1.https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3107B&date=&location=&pn=&unit.
2.ORB 236 Sqdn RAF
3.CWGC

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
29 May 1942 T4949 236 Sqn RAF 1 Gisleham near Lowestoft, about 30 miles south of Cromer, England w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
08-Nov-2011 09:26 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type]
12-Feb-2014 19:45 Nepa Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Narrative]
07-Feb-2015 21:49 Digger Updated [Aircraft type, Phase, Departure airport]
21-Nov-2018 19:07 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]
21-May-2021 16:02 Adelaida Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
15-Jun-2022 05:35 Ron Averes Updated [Location]
25-Oct-2022 10:24 Nepa Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]

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