Accident Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X JM339,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49626
 
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Date:Tuesday 21 November 1944
Time:16:00
Type:Silhouette image of generic beau model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X
Owner/operator:254 Sqn RAF
Registration: JM339
MSN: QM-H
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Waddenzee at Ballumerbocht, Ameland, Friesland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF North Coates, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Beaufighter JM339/H: Took off for at 14:03 hrs for a Recce mission. 21/11/1944
Missing from attack on convoy off Ameland island at 16:00 hrs.
Crew:
Sgt (932761) John DALLEY (pilot) RAFVR - killed
F/Sgt (640006) George Jeffrey BURNS (nav.) RAFVR - killed

Sources:

1.https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl
2.http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?11221-Beaufighter-attack-on-ships-22-Nov-1944-off-Frisian-Islands
3.Beaufighter production list
4.CWGC
5.ORB

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
15 April 1943 JL956 254 Sqn RAF 2 North Sea, 10 miles off Sunderland, County of Durham, England w/o
27 March 1945 LZ223 254 Sqn RAF 0 sea 0.5 mile from shore near Sheringham, Norfolk, England w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
08-Nov-2011 09:30 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type]
11-Feb-2014 08:37 Nepa Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
07-Feb-2015 22:17 Lorenzo Lamas Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative]
21-Oct-2019 07:09 TigerTimon Updated [Cn, Location, Source]
21-May-2021 14:59 Lelek Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator]
15-Jun-2022 04:23 Ron Averes Updated [Location]
24-Oct-2022 10:15 Nepa Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
11-Nov-2022 11:19 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]

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