ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 15765
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Date: | Sunday 28 May 1944 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol Beaufighter Mk VIF |
Owner/operator: | 68 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | V8594 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Kilvough Farm, Gower Penninsula, West Glamorgan, South Wales -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Fairwood Common, West Glamorgan |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Beaufighters V8594 ("WM-M") and V8742 ("WM-Q") Took off at afternoon for a gun camera exercise. 28/05/1944
Beauf V8742 machine guns were accidentally fired at Beauf V8594. Damaged Aircraft force landed on a field at Kilvough Farm on the Gower Penninsula in West Glamorgan.
Although severely injured, pilot and his navigator managed to get clear of the aircraft before it burst into flames. An inquiry into the accidental firing of Beauf V8742's guns blamed an electrical fault. Navigator laterdied from injuries sustained (09/06/1944).
Crew:
F/Lt (115.997) Bernard David WILLS (pilot) RAFVR - injured
F/O (128.676) Gerald Arthur "Peter" LEDEBOER (nav.) RAFVR - injured /later died as a result of his injuries.
Sources:
1. Croft, Peter L. 1994 A History of No. 68 Squadron Royal Air Force. p.11
2. ORB 68 Sqdn RAF
3. History 68 Squadron RAF
4.
http://www.ggat.org.uk/timeline/pdf/Military%20Aircraft%20Crash%20Sites%20in%20Southeast%20Wales.pdf 5.
http://www.clynevalleycommunityproject.co.uk/world-war-ii/4559743795 6.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2435154/ledeboer,-gerald-arthur-(peter)/
7.
https://www.ancientfaces.com/person/gerald-arthur-peter-ledeboer/164404431 Revision history:
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13-Mar-2008 04:30 |
Nepa |
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17-Feb-2010 12:01 |
NePa |
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28-Mar-2012 02:14 |
Nepa |
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14-Jun-2014 15:40 |
Nepa |
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08-Dec-2015 16:22 |
Thomas Fuk |
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13-Dec-2017 11:34 |
Anon. |
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27-Apr-2019 23:40 |
Dr. John Smith |
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28-Apr-2019 09:36 |
stehlik49 |
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09-Nov-2019 12:07 |
Nepa |
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28-Jan-2022 18:34 |
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28-Jan-2022 20:43 |
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