Incident Bristol Beaufighter Mk VIF ????,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 240061
 
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Date:Friday 1 September 1944
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic beau model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Bristol Beaufighter Mk VIF
Owner/operator:19 Sqn SAAF
Registration: ????
MSN: "U"
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Salonica -   Greece
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Biferno airfield (I)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Beaufighter ????/U. Took off at 07:55 hrs for Shipping sweep in Gulf of Salonika. 01/09/1944
Crashed near Salonica. Port engine and wing showing flames.
At position 40.33N 22.41N seen to make belly landing on open stretch of land. The A/C did not burst into flames immediately but subsequently when the other 2 A/Cs were about 20 miles away “U” was seen to be enveloped in black smoke.
Crew:
W/O (????) DAVIS (pilot) RAFVR - OK
F/Sgt. (????) SEFTON (nav.) RAFVR - Ok

Sources:

http://aviationarchaeology.gr/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Beaufighter-losses-in-Greece-1941-19464.pdf
ORB 19 Sqdn SAAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
15-Aug-2020 17:07 Nepa Added [Operator]
15-Aug-2020 17:18 Nepa Updated [Date, Source, Operator]
06-Nov-2022 18:08 Nepa Updated [Registration, Cn, Location, Narrative, Operator]

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