Beaufighter JL523 - Bombing Perveza, Greece - 1943-08-22 to 1943-08-22
Squadron: 252 (AS) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1943-08-22
Completion Date: 1943-08-22
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Perveza, Greece
Target Specific: freighter
Base: RAF Berka III
Take Off Time:
Squadron Code: BT-F
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Greece
Crash Specifics: Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Perveza
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: flak
Flak Battery: unspecified
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
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252 Squadron RAF (With or On) RAF Berka III. Beaufighter VIc aircraft JL 523 BT-F was lost to flak while attacking a tanker vessel off the coast of Preveza, Greece

Pilot Pilot Officer DH Pearson (RCAF) and Navigator/Wireless Operator, FS DH Sherburn (RAFVR) were both killed in action

The Armed Rovers, Beauforts and Beaufighters Over the Mediterranean by Roy Conyers Nesbitt pages 163-4

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