Mosquito or Beaufighter?
 

The night of August 31 - '44, an allied airplane is down next to Savona.
Some researchers have recovered some pieces:

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/n...aereoframm.jpg

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/n...001_resize.jpg


http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/n...002_resize.jpg

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/n...002_resize.jpg

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/n...003_resize.jpg
"RAF Bomb Connection Socket, 5D/525. 'AM' and KC marked"

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/n...500_resize.jpg

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/n...489_resize.jpg

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/n...002_resize.jpg

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/n...001_resize.jpg

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/n...003_resize.jpg

the friend Becchi, has helped us writing:
Mosquito e Beaufighter
23 squadron
255 squadron
256 squadron
600 squadron
39 squadron
272 squadron

From these photos, do you have some info on the type of aircraft?

In advance I thank you

Ciao

Fabio

here the discussion on our forum:
http://freeforumzone.leonardo.it/dis...px?idd=7454293

Re: Mosquito or Beaufighter?
 

Thank to Fabio for his post, he's as ever a quick guy!

I have found two losses in the same squadron on that night, was they in the same plane? they was Pilot Officer WILLIAM HENRY BILLING and W/O Flight Sergeant H THORNTON, both 272 squadron and both two died on 31th august 1944. Anyone can help? Thanks!

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I found a claim against a Mosquito that day:
Miscellaneous Claims:
30.08.44 Fw. Siegfried Seffler 7./JG 4 Mosquito £ - - Film C. 2025/I Anerk: Nr.*
* This entry is a written note.
However, we can not find out WHERE and a time for this claim...
Yours
Adriano
PS: I do have been following with great interest this thread. Good to see that Archeology and History aspect being discussed again here..

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Thank you Adriano, was Jg7 a nightfighter unit? Me-110?

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NO Micky!
The claim was submitted by 7th Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 4, which flew Fw 190s.
JG 7 flew Me 262 and other propellen aircraft by the end of the war ( September 1944 - onwards ).
Yours...

Re: Mosquito or Beaufighter?
 

Have a look at this site for the bases and some claims...
http://www.cieldegloire.com/jg_004.php
Yours
A.

Re: Mosquito or Beaufighter?
 

Hello Micky!
New sites for you:
http://aces.safarikovi.org/victories...s-mosquito.pdf
http://aces.safarikovi.org/victories...eaufighter.pdf

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Thanks!!!

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RAF losses that I have are 3 Spits, Baltimore near Florence, Beau in Greece and No 272 Beau missing, and that might be loss from the night of 31/8.

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Thanks for the info!!

Best Regards

Fabio

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Hi,

31/08/44

272 Sqn
Beaufighter X
NT907

P/O W H Billing RCAF
F/Sgt H Thornton

Missing from attack on ships off Finale Ligure. Both crewmen rest in Milan War Cemetery.

Regards
Ross

Re: Mosquito or Beaufighter?
 

Thank you Ross, another little "mistery" solved.
I guess that we have found the remains of "our" Beaufighter, in the area only another one plane crashed during the war, and it was a B-25.
Hope that cleaning the pieces we will found some evidences, like serial or construction numbers.

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272 Sqn lost Beaufighter TF.X serial NT907 off Finale Ligure (where ever that may be !), 31.8.44

Henk.

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Beaufighter TF.X serial NV907
Regards,
Henk.

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Thank you Henk :)

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Sorry friends, made a big mistake. Ignore my latest entry; I reacted before with serial NT907 which is the correct serial. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Regards,
Henk.

Re: Mosquito or Beaufighter?
 

Dear Henk,
we had understood that you intended NT907 :)

thanks all :)

Ciao

Fabio

Re: Mosquito or Beaufighter?
 

Mr Marino, send this pictures:
http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/l...HPIM0605-1.jpg


http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/l...3/HPIM0606.jpg

We have finished the searches, thanks to all for the collaboration, from an aluminum piece, we remember these Aviators.

Thanks all

Fabio

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Did the 272 squadron belong to the Coastal Command?

Friends model makers, have thought about making the model of the Beufighter...
Do you have some photos or the codes for the colors of the model?

In advance we thank

Ciao

Fabio