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Date: | Wednesday 22 December 1943 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X |
Owner/operator: | 404 (Buffalo) Sqn RCAF |
Registration: | NE323 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | North Sea off Norwegian coast -
Norway
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Wick, Caithness |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Beaufighter NE323: Took off for a Rover patrol to Lister on the Norwegian coast. 22/12/1943
Aircraft was shot down while attacking German U-Boat U-1062 and Minesweeper M-489. The aircraft crashed into the sea crew did not survive / Missing.
Crew:
F/O (J/14698) Ian George GILLESPIE (pilot) RCAF - killed
P/O (151029) James Edgar GLENDINNING (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.https://wartimes.ca/forums/viewtopic.php?t=588
2.ORB 404 Sqdn RAF
3.CWGC
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
16-Dec-2019 22:46 |
tachel |
Added |
19-Jan-2021 11:18 |
db |
Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Operator] |
06-Oct-2022 21:37 |
Nepa |
Updated [Date, Registration, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
19-May-2024 17:00 |
Anon. |
Updated [Narrative] |