ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 267060
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| Date: | Wednesday 2 May 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 211 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NE688 |
| MSN: | M-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | RAF Chiringa, near Chittagong, Bengal, Brit.India -
 Bangladesh
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Chiringa, Barma |
| RAF Chiringa |
Beaufighter NE688 (211 Sqdn RAF) Coded: ‘R’
12 more aircraft took off (at 03:15 hrs) in the early hours of the morning with RPs for the Rangoon area. All returned OK. Except Beaufighter NE688 ‘R’ of which had run into his own debris from the salvo of his RPs.
The pilot got the aircraft back OK. Landing in RAF Chiringa Ok at 08:30 hrs but it is a RSU job. 02/05/1945
Crew:
F/Lt (J/22871) W.P. STRUMBOS (pilot) RCAF - Ok
F/O (163.622) Cyril Edward GLAZZARD (nav.) RAFVR - Ok
Sources:
http://www.211squadron.org/bristol_beaufighter.html
ORB 211 Sqdn RAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 April 1945 | NT984 | 211 Sqn RAF | 0 | near RAF Chiringa, near Chittagong, Bengal, Brit.India | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Aug-2021 10:24 | Nepa | Added [Operator] |
| 22-Jan-2022 23:36 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Country, Operator] |
| 25-Jan-2022 10:13 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Narrative, Operator] |
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