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The view from a 455 Squadron, RAAF, Beaufighter showing an attack on the German Narvik class destroyer, Z-33 in the ice bound Forde Fjord. Four Squadrons of Beaufighters from the Dallachy Wing took part in the strike, including 11 Beaufighters from 455 Squadron, RAAF. It was led by 402379, Wing Commander Colin George Milson, RAAF, DSO and Bar, DFC and Bar. The Wing suffered badly from accurate anti aircraft fire and was also intercepted and attacked by German Focke-Wulf 190 fighters. One Australian Beaufighter, UB-O, NV 199, crewed by 413227 Flight Lieutenant Robert Charles McColl, DFC, pilot and 421749 Warrant Officer (WO) Leslie Leonard MacDonald, navigator, was shot down. The crew survived but were taken prisoner. A second Beaufighter, UB-V, NV 196, crewed by 410694 WO Donald Earnest Mutimer, pilot and 432095 Pilot Officer John Douglas Blackshaw, navigator, was also shot down and both crew members perished. A costly raid, with nine Beaufighters lost from the Wing and only the German destroyer Z-33 damaged in the strike.
The view from a 455 Squadron, RAAF, Beaufighter showing a strike against a German Destroyer and other vessels anchored in Jossing Fjord. This strike included nine Beaufighters from No 455 Squadron whi
A German Narvik class destroyer Z-33 (foreground) and an attendant tug (background, left), under attack from Beaufighter aircraft of the Dallachy Wing, RAF Coastal Command. Led by Wing Commander Colin
The view from the cockpit of a Beaufighter, as it makes an attack run towards a German freighter anchored in the Risnes fjord. Two other Beaufighters are making an attack run against the freighter whi
Dallachy, Scotland. 1944-11-29. 402379 Wing Commander Colin George Milson DFC and Bar, Winton, Qld, Commanding Officer of Beaufighter No. 455 Squadron RAAF, with the veteran aircraft "S for Sugar", th
The view from navigator, 033157 Flying Officer (later Flight Lieutenant) Forbes Macintyre's cupola as a swarm of Beaufighters attack German shipping in the North Sea, off the Freisian Islands near Bor
The view from navigator, 033157 Flying Officer (later Flight Lieutenant) Forbes Macintyre's cupola as a swarm of Beaufighters attack German shipping in the North Sea, off the Freisian Islands near Bor
