ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 145162
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| Date: | Sunday 30 July 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 489 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NE745 |
| MSN: | P6-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Norh Sea 45 km west of Stavanger. -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Langham, Norfolk England |
Beaufighter NE745/P: Shot down by a Messerschmitt Bf 109. 30/07/1944
489 Sqdn RNZAF Took off another mission carried out together with 143 (Brit) & 455 (Aus.) Sqdn escorted by Mustangs from 315 (Poland) Sqdn, intended targets were harbors and shipping along the Norwegian coast as high as Lister to Stavanger. The weather was favorable and the visibility very good, but despite this no targets were discovered to attack. Shortly after turning home, the Beaufighter plane was attacked by eight Messerschmitt Bf 109s from JG.5, but the Mustangs quickly came to the rescue. NE745 fell behind and quickly got three Bf 109s for company, the other crews saw the plane make wild evasive maneuvers to get away but in vain. The plane crashed about 45 km west of Stavanger.
Pilot W/O Tuck was found outside Gothenburg and buried in Sweden, navigator F/S Larnach was found outside Grimstad and buried in Norway.
Crew:
W/O (NZ413516) William Robert TUCK (pilot) RNZAF - killed
F/Sgt (NZ425319) Francis Magnus LARNACH (nav.) RNZAF - killed
Sources:
http://www.forcedlandingcollection.se/RAF/RAF057-NE745.html
ORB 489 Sqdn RNZAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 May 1944 | LZ442 | 489 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 2 | North Sea 8 km west of Den Helder, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Apr-2012 14:27 | Masen63 | Added |
| 25-Jun-2012 06:02 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport] |
| 27-Feb-2014 12:09 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 26-Apr-2018 18:33 | Roger Byron-Collins | Updated [Departure airport] |
| 18-Oct-2022 11:44 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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