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|Description=A damaged Royal Air Force Bristol Beaufighter TF.X, NE831 'PL-O', of [[:en:No. 144 Squadron RAF|No. 144 Squadron RAF]], at rest after crash-landing at [[:en:RAF Dallachy|Dallachy]], Morayshire (UK), on returning from the costly attack on the German destroyer Z-33 and its escorting vessels in Førde Fjord, Norway, on 9 February 1945. 31 Beaufighters of the Dallachy Strike Wing were involved in the operation, of which 9 were shot down by German fighters and anti-aircraft defences. Flight Sergeant S. Butler (pilot) and Flight Sergeant Nicholls (navigator) in NE831 were the last to attack the vessels, during which they were hit by flak from Z-33, and then by fire from a Focke Wulf Fw 190. After manoeuvring violently, Butler managed to escape over the North Sea to make a successful wheels-up landing at Dallachy.

|Description=A damaged Royal Air Force Bristol Beaufighter TF.X, NE831 'PL-O', of [[:en:No. 144 Squadron RAF|No. 144 Squadron RAF]], at rest after crash-landing at [[:en:RAF Dallachy|Dallachy]], Morayshire (UK), on returning from the costly attack on the German destroyer Z-33 and its escorting vessels in Førde Fjord, Norway, on 9 February 1945. 31 Beaufighters of the Dallachy Strike Wing were involved in the operation, of which 9 were shot down by German fighters and anti-aircraft defences. Flight Sergeant S. Butler (pilot) and Flight Sergeant Nicholls (navigator) in NE831 were the last to attack the vessels, during which they were hit by flak from Z-33, and then by fire from a Focke Wulf Fw 190. After manoeuvring violently, Butler managed to escape over the North Sea to make a successful wheels-up landing at Dallachy.
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|Source={{IWM Collections|CH 17875|oid=205210793}}
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|Source={{IWM Collections|CH 17875|oid=205210793|nocat=1}}

|Date=1945-02-09

|Date=1945-02-09

|Author=Royal Air Force official photographer

|Author=Royal Air Force official photographer
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[[Category:RAF Dallachy]]

[[Category:RAF Dallachy]]

[[Category:Black and white photographs]]

[[Category:Black and white photographs]]

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[[Category:Collections of the Imperial War Museum]]

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