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Date: | Thursday 20 January 1944 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol Beaufighter Mk VIF |
Owner/operator: | 417th (NF) Sqn USAAF |
Registration: | KV940 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Sebkaha D 'Oran, 7 miles south-west of airfield La Senia -
Algeria
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Oran /La Senia, Algeria |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Beaufighter KV940: Took off for mission. 20/01/1944
Lost an engine on take-off from Oran-La Senia airfield, Algeria. His Beaufighter VI KV940 crumpled into a ball in a salt lake 7 miles southwest of the runway and was totally destroyed. Pilot died instantly and his radar operator died some hours later in the hospital.
Crew:
F/O (T.000311) Clarence Knox FULLER (pilot) USAAF - killed
F/O (T.223032) John F CLEMMENS (nav.) USAAF - killed
Sources:
1.Beaufighters in the Night: The 417th Night Fighter Squadron USAAF", by Braxton Eisel.
2.http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbasqdn.asp?squad=417NFS
3.http://417th-nightfighters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/417th-NFS-Flying-Personnel-Christensen-VanLaecken.pdf.
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
08-Nov-2011 08:33 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type] |
08-Dec-2013 07:27 |
Anon. |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants] |
14-Feb-2014 14:01 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Narrative] |
01-Apr-2015 13:28 |
Anon. |
Updated [Narrative] |
23-Jan-2017 06:27 |
Laurent Rizzotti |
Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
28-Aug-2017 17:32 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Location] |
28-Jan-2021 10:51 |
Anon. |
Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Operator] |