Accident Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X ????, Thursday 13 April 1944
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Date:Thursday 13 April 1944
Time:13:50
Type:Silhouette image of generic beau model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X
Owner/operator:16 Sqn SAAF
Registration: ????
MSN: "R"
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Mediterranean Sea off west coast of Greece. -   Greece
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Berca 3, Benghazi, Libya
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Beaufighter ????/R: Took off for attacked a caique off Coroni. 13/04/1944
Severely damaged and crashed in sea off west coast of Greece at 13:50 hrs.
Crew:
Lt. (103598V) Allan Mitchell KENYON (pilot) SAAF - killed
Lt. (313636V) Philip Daniel VAN DEN BERG (nav.) SAAF - killed

Sources:

1.http://aviationarchaeology.gr/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Beaufighter-losses-in-Greece-1941-19464.pdf
2.CWGC
3.ORB

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
03-Nov-2022 09:06 Nepa Added [Operator, ]

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