ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50658
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| Date: | Wednesday 17 January 1945 |
| Time: | 14:24 |
| Type: |  Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 254 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NE465 |
| MSN: | QM-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hornsloot, Twisk, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF North Coates, Lincolnshire |
Beaufighter NE465/F: Takeoff at 12:38 hrs for an anti-shipping operation to Den Helder.17/01/1945
Hit by anti aircraft fire, climbed to 2000ft when navigator(Flt Sgt Henry Radcliffe) baled out. Followed out by pilot (Flt Sgt Arthur Maton) whose parachute failed to open and tragically died. He is buried at Twisk. Flt Sgt Radcliffe was picked up by locals and eventually escaped through enemy lines to Canadian forces ('best cheese sandwich in his life'). Unrepayable debt to Dutch resistance heroes!
Crew:
F/Sgt (1399467) Arthur James MATON (pilot) RAFVR - killed
F/Sgt (????) Henry RADCLIFFE (nav.) RAFVR - baled out /OK
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5124
ORB 254 Sqdn RAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 5 November 1943 | LZ178 | 254 Sqn RAF | 2 | North Ses, 60 km west off Den Helder, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
| 28 January 1944 | LZ434 | 254 Sqn RAF | 2 | Missing - North Sea near Borkum Islands. |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Feb-2011 07:45 | henrykr | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 08-Nov-2011 09:46 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 01-Feb-2014 21:29 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 07-Feb-2015 22:18 | Anthony G. | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport] |
| 14-Jan-2020 10:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jun-2022 18:51 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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