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Date: | Monday 12 February 1945 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X |
Owner/operator: | 211 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | NV553 |
MSN: | M-G |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Missing - Burma. -
Myanmar
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Chiringa, Brit.India |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Beaufighter NV553/G: Took off at 04:05 hrs for mission over Burma. 12/02/1945
Beaufighter NV553 last seen 40 miles SE of Rangoon flying on a bateray course. It did not return /missing.
Crew:
W/O (990198) Ellis Stanley LEACH (pilot) RAFVR - POW
F/O (138.079) Joseph Denis CALLAGHAN (nav.) RAFVR - POW
Sources:
http://www.211squadron.org/bristol_beaufighter.html Beaufighter production list
ORB 211 Sqdn RAF
Revision history:
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24-Jan-2022 17:36 |
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24-Jan-2022 17:38 |
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24-Jan-2022 17:45 |
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