Accident Westland Lysander Mk IIIa V9673,
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Date:Saturday 11 December 1943
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic LYSA model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Westland Lysander Mk IIIa
Owner/operator:161 Sqn RAF
Registration: V9673
MSN: MA-J
Fatalities:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Berry-au-Bac, Aisne 02 -   France
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Tangmere (UK)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mission pick-up Sten
Shot down and crashed
Pilot: F/O James Robertson Grant Bathgate, DFC (403932) RNZAF - killed : passengers: Cpt Claudius Flour, Emile Cossoneau "Moreau" - both killed

Sources:

"We landed by moonlight" - Hugh Verity
http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Bedfordshire/TempsfordAircrewLost1943.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
10-Feb-2011 15:08 ThW Added
14-Feb-2011 14:41 ThW Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative]
16-Feb-2012 01:10 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
16-Feb-2012 01:15 Nepa Updated [Registration, Source]
25-May-2013 02:36 angels one five Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative]
18-Nov-2022 21:56 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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