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Date: | Wednesday 5 July 1944 |
Time: | |
Type: | de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
Owner/operator: | 464 Sqn RAAF |
Registration: | NS937 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Caen, Calvados. -
France
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Thorney Island, Hampshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Mosquito NS937: Took off at 00:00 hrs for night intruder mission. 04/07/1944.
Was one of 14 aircraft from the Squadron detailed to carry out night intruder operations in Northern France, attacking rail & road bridges and troop locations. Hit by flak over Caen and abandoned near Caen. The crew of Mossis NS937 baled out. Both made safe landings in our lines and were picked up by ground troops.05/07/1944
Crew:
F/O (Aus.413358) Ernest Henry DUNKLEY DFC (pilot) RAAF - Ok
- (fractured an ankle and remained in France for a few days.)
F/O (52719) Horace Percival WOODWARD DFC (nav.) RAF - Ok
- (uninjured and returned to base the next day.)
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.https://www.awm.gov.au//catalogue/research_centre/pdf/rc09125z014_1.pdf
3.http://web.archive.org/web/20080823144755/
4.http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/veteran.asp?ServiceID=R
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37024/supplement/1898 Revision history:
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28-Sep-2011 09:16 |
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20-Jul-2014 13:29 |
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17-Aug-2015 08:54 |
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10-Oct-2015 19:38 |
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20-Mar-2019 20:49 |
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02-Oct-2021 19:45 |
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25-Nov-2021 21:32 |
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