ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 154885
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| Date: | Tuesday 13 June 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 455 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | NE668 |
| MSN: | UB-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 5 km off Hoek van Holland, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Langham, Norfolk |
Beaufighter NE668/Z :Takeoff at 03:35 hrs for anti-shipping operation near Gravelines, Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Beaufighter NE668 was ditched off the Dutch Coast on 13 June 1944 and crew POW.
They were part of a 12 aircraft attack by cannon fire , having jettisoned their bombs, against seven armed trawlers discovered when returning from an earlier strike against three small vessels. 5 Trawlers were severely damaged and left on fire and the other 2 listed as damaged. However 5 Beaufighters were hit by flak and NE 668 was seen to be trailing smoke from an engine. It ditched some 5 km off the coastline and the crew took to their dingy and were picked up by a German R boat some 21 hours later.
Crew:
F/O (Aus.420138) Douglas Keith CARMODY (pilot) RAAF - POW
F/O (Aus.419930) Gilbert Charles DOCKING (nav.) RAAF - POW
Sources:
http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/.au/beaufighter.htm
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3769&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 July 1944 | NE348 | 455 Sqn RAAF | 2 | North Sea |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Apr-2013 16:33 | Nepa | Added |
| 09-Apr-2013 16:00 | Nepa | Updated [Source] |
| 11-Jun-2019 06:49 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Jun-2019 06:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 19-Jul-2021 20:55 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 20-Jun-2022 01:03 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 21-Oct-2022 20:21 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
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