ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70763
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Date: | Tuesday 19 January 1943 |
Time: | 22:30 |
Type: | Bristol Beaufighter Mk IF |
Owner/operator: | 176 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | X8164 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | south of Calcutta, West Bengal, Brit.India -
India
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Dum Dum, Calcutta |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Beaufighter X8164: Hit by return fire from Ki 21 and abandoned near Calcutta. (After destroying 2 Ki 21s, and damaging a third, south of Calcutta).
Crew:
F/O (Aus.404099) Charles Arbuthnot CROMBIE (pilot) RAAF - Injured
W/O (800670) Raymond Christopher MOSS (obs) RAFVR - Injured
Sources:
1.Beaufighter production list
2.ORB 176 Sqdn RAF
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
28-Dec-2009 12:38 |
NePa |
Added |
24-Feb-2010 05:48 |
NePa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
12-Sep-2022 21:19 |
Nepa |
Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
12-Sep-2022 21:20 |
Nepa |
Updated [Location, Operator] |
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