ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 90164
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Date: | Sunday 19 May 1940 |
Time: | 13:30 |
Type: | Westland Lysander Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 26 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | N1202 |
MSN: | RM-? |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Neuvilly -
France
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Authie |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Operation: Tactical Reconnaissance
Lost: 19/05/1940
P/O (33537) Ralph H. Clifford (pilot) RAF - killed Neuvilly Communal Cemetery Extension, F
LAC (935893) Frederick L. Bettany (Wop/AG) RAFVR - killed Landrecies Communal Cemetery, F
Took off from Authie. Shot down by Lt Friedrich Strakeljahn of I.(J)/LG2 '14.25 German Time) . Crashed and burned out at Neuvilly, 13.30 hrs. LAC Bettany badly burned, admitted to hospital at Landrecies, where he died.
Sources:
http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/26_squadron.html#2102 http://web.archive.org/web/20130812142230/http://don-caldwell.we.bs:80/claims/tonywood.htm
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
15-Feb-2011 14:16 |
ThW |
Added |
24-May-2011 14:37 |
ThW |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
19-Jun-2013 11:04 |
Nepa |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
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