ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239212
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Date: | Wednesday 5 April 1944 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol Beaufighter Mk XIc |
Owner/operator: | 227 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | JL730 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | hill, Katakolo, Pyrgos in western Elis. -
Greece
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Berca 3, Benghazi, Libya |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Beaufighter JL730/O: Took off at 12:55 hrs for Sweep from Katakolo to Korony. 05/04/1944
Hit mast of caique during attack and crashed into hill, Katakolo.
Crew:
F/O (73325) Robert Jackson OWEN (pilot) RAF - Killed
F/Sgt (1324561) Leonard Alfred EVERETT (nav.) RAF - killed
Sources:
1.http://aviationarchaeology.gr/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Beaufighter-losses-in-Greece-1941-19464.pdf
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
07-Aug-2020 15:28 |
Nepa |
Added [Operator] |
21-Sep-2022 19:52 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
03-Nov-2022 07:59 |
Nepa |
Updated [Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
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