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Date: | Thursday 29 January 1942 |
Time: | 02:10 |
Type: | Westland Lysander Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 138 (Special Duties) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | T1508 |
MSN: | NF-? |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Issoudus near Segry France -
France
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Tangmere, Sussex |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Lysander T1508: Crashed near Issoudon during forced landing due to low fuel on returning in poor weather from Operation BERYL near Segry in France. Aircraft hit by train and completely destroyed on a railway crossing when an attempt was made to tow it away. 29/01/1942
Crew
S/Ldr (29164) John NESBITT-DUFORT DSO (pilot) RAF - Ok /Evaded
Passengers:
Maurice Duclos (alias “Saint-Jacques ”);
Lt Roger Mitchell. SOE
Sources:
Aircraft lost on Allied Force’s Special Duty Operations
AIR81/11824 KEW C17082574
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Nov-2017 18:35 |
Red Dragon |
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28-Oct-2018 17:28 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
02-Feb-2024 15:31 |
Anon. |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
03-Feb-2024 23:22 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
04-Feb-2024 20:46 |
Nepa |
Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |