Accident Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X NT960,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50142
 
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Date:Tuesday 12 September 1944
Time:04:35
Type:Silhouette image of generic beau model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X
Owner/operator:143 Sqn RAF
Registration: NT960
MSN: NE-S
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:North Sea off Hoek van Holland, Zuid-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF North Coates, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Beaufighter NT960/S: Takeoff at 02:14 hrs for an anti-shipping sortie.12/09/1944
The aircraft was hit by ships' Flak and crashed at 04:35 hrs.
Crew:
1st Lt.(O.886225) Douglas Crawford CORMACK (pilot) USAAF - killed
F/O (151.190) James STANNERS (nav.) RAFVR - killed

Sources:

1.https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl
2.http://www.adoptiegraven-database.nl/index.php/margraten/american-war-cemetery-margraten-c/5573-cormack-douglas-c
3.https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1807836/
4.http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/143_wwII.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
08-Nov-2011 08:52 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Total occupants]
13-Feb-2014 09:18 Nepa Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
07-Feb-2015 22:13 King T. Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport]
26-Sep-2018 07:49 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
08-Mar-2021 15:50 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative]
25-Oct-2022 10:53 Nepa Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]

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