Accident Bristol Beaufighter Mk XIc JL730,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239212
 
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Date:Wednesday 5 April 1944
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic beau model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
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
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/timeContributorUpdates
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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