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| Date: | Saturday 10 May 1941 |
| Time: | 03:55 |
| Type: |  Bristol Beaufighter Mk IF |
| Owner/operator: | 600 (City of London) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | T4641 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near RAF Warwick, Warwickshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Colerne, Wiltshire |
Beaufighter T4641: Took off at 02:45 hrs for Ops patrol. 10/05/1941
F/Lt Woodward and his A.I operator Sgt Lipscombe, of 600 Sqn based at RAF Colerne were lucky to survive when a Beaufighter from 604 Sqn. at RAF Middle Wallop mistook their aircraft for an enemy bomber. In the murk and darkness the 604 Sqdn. pilot F/O Chisholm mistakenly thought the silhouette of the 600 Sqn. Beaufighter was hostile, possibly a JU88. Woodward managed to keep control of the burning aircraft while Lipscombe baled out, Woodward following close behind his AI operator. According to my records their aircraft T4641 crashed close to Warwick at 09:55 hrs.10/05/1941
During the days that followed relations between the two squadrons were icy. In the Officers Mess the airmen of 600 Sqn suggested a number of courses of action to take as retribution against their assailants, none of which were ever carried out. The 600 Sqn ORB entry for the incident records sarcastically that “Sgt Lipscombe recognised their attacker as a Beaufighter, It is a pity that the 604 Sqn pilot did not do the same”
Crew:
P/O (74698) Robert Sinckler WOODWARD (pilot) RAFVR - Ok
Sgt (759213) Alfred John LIPSCOMBE (obs.).RAFVR - Ok.
Sources:
1.http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/yorkshire/york40/k7126.html
2.ORB 600 Sqn RAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Aug-2012 02:21 | Nepa | Added |
| 26-Jan-2013 15:59 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Aug-2013 18:53 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, ] |
| 24-Aug-2013 06:27 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, ] |
| 20-Jan-2016 17:49 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, ] |
| 21-Jan-2016 17:23 | Django | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 22-Jan-2016 17:57 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Jan-2016 20:06 | Django | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Jan-2016 20:59 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 11-Feb-2016 04:46 | JIXN | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Sep-2018 08:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 15-Jul-2020 09:06 | Xindel XL | Updated [Location, Operator, ] |
| 19-Sep-2020 17:33 | Elwood | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 16-May-2021 19:55 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Operator, ] |
| 17-May-2021 17:18 | Elwood | Updated [Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 02-Oct-2022 10:11 | Nepa | Updated [Date, Time, Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
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