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| View Original: | German destroyer Z33 in Forde Fjord 9 Feb 1945 wide angle.jpg (450x444) | |||
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| Keywords: German destroyer Z33 in Forde Fjord 9 Feb 1945 wide angle.jpg IWM caption 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 P02730 004 1945-02-09 No 455 Squadron RAAF PD-Australia ImageNote 1 244 313 38 70 450 444 2 Z33 ImageNoteEnd 1 Norway in World War II No 455 Squadron RAAF Black and white photographs Black Friday 1945 Historical images of Førde Zerstörer 1936A class destroyer Z33 | ||||
