ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 94237
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| Date: | Tuesday 19 October 1948 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Sea Fury Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 2 Sqn REAF |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mediteranean sea, off Coast of Southern Israel -
 Israel
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
On the morning of October 19th, Israeli Bristol Beaufighter D.171 was sent to assist the Israeli Navy in battles against Egyptian naval vessels when it encountered an Egyptian Hawker Fury flown by Abd Al-Hamid Abu Zayd, commander of 2nd Squadron Royal Egyptian Air Force (REAF) Aware that the Beaufighter stood little chance in a dogfight, the pilot, Len Fitchett, jettisoned his bomb load and put his bomber into a dive low over the water. Followed by the Egyptian, Fitchett abruptly pulled up, just in time to see the Fury crash into the sea.
Sources:
1. http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_255.shtml
2. http://flyingforyourlife.com/pilots/ww2/f/fitchett/
3. http://www.oocities.org/capecanaveral/hangar/2848/bomber1.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Mar-2018 19:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Dec-2018 17:51 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 24-Sep-2019 03:55 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 17-Oct-2020 10:14 | DB | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
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