Accident Bristol Beaufort Mk II AW278,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52987
 
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Date:Thursday 12 February 1942
Time:afternoon
Type:Bristol Beaufort Mk II
Owner/operator:217 Sqn RAF
Registration: AW278
MSN: MW-F
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Aircraft missing
Location:North Sea near the Schouwen-Duiveland coast, Zeeland -   Netherlands
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Thorney Island
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Operation Fuller - Channel Dash - Donnerkeil.

Takeoff time: 14:20
Crew:
Pilot F/Lt. A.J.H. Finch DFC 39937 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 65
Observer F/Sgt. A.H.L. Jackson 403778 RNzAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 117
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sgt. D.Y. Fyfe 749346 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 83
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sgt. T. McNeill 1355426 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 89

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1405A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
15 November 1941 AW236 217 Sqn RAF 4 North Sea w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
11-Feb-2017 19:42 TigerTimon Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
06-Jan-2018 22:11 TigerTimon Updated [Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative]
04-Oct-2018 15:00 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
04-Nov-2019 18:19 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Narrative]

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