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Date: | Thursday 27 July 1944 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol Beaufighter Mk VIF |
Owner/operator: | 414th (NF) Sqn USAAF |
Registration: | KW164 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Mount Feytus, Camprodon, 3km north-east of Llanas, Gerone. -
Spain
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Alghero airfield, Sardinia (I) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Beaufighter KW164 (callsign Ghetto #23): Took off for intruder mission to Toulouse and Cannes. 27/07/1944
Crashed in Les Agudes, Camprodon (Gerona). The aircraft had taken off from its base in Sardinia, to attack targets in the area of Toulouse and Cannes in a preparatory action for the Allied landings in the south of France. According to witnesses, the plane came from France already on fire and ended up crashing in Les Agudes, a mountain 3km NE of the town of Llanás (Gerona).
Crew:
2/Lt (O-752096) William James BARRONS (pilot) USAAF - killed
F/O (T-192937) Harry Edward SHARP (nav.) USAAF - killed
Sources:
1.http://incidentessgm.blogspot.com/search/label/Bristol%20Beaufighter
2.https://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/19420
3.Beaufighter production list
Revision history:
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28-Jan-2021 10:14 |
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26-Sep-2022 19:09 |
Nepa |
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26-Sep-2022 20:41 |
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26-Sep-2022 20:43 |
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