ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144129
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| Date: | Sunday 30 July 1944 |
| Time: | 16:45 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 151 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ???? |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Bay of Biscay, 40 miles south-west of Belle-Île-en-Mer, Brittany -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Predannack, Cornwall |
| RAF Predannack |
Mosquito ???? : Took off on a Ranger mission over France. 30/07/1944
F/Lt Etherton with F/Lt Gibbs and F/Lt Shaw with F/O Burn were returning northwards over the Bay of Biscay, having carried out a successful Ranger on a north to south route over France, when they encountered a Ju 188 about 40 miles south west of Belle-Île.
F/Lt Etherton had used up most of his ammunition against ground targets and was now almost out of it. He went in to attack and saw strikes on the enemy aircraft, silencing the gunner whose return fire had hit the port wing of the Mosquito. Damage Cat.AC.
By this time all ammunition had been used up and the attack could not be pressed to the ultimate.
Landing Ok at base with minimal fuel
Crew
F/Lt (63093) John Hill ETHERTON DFC (pilot) RAF - Ok
F/Lt (116690) Nigel Lidgett GIBBS DFC (nav.) RAFVR - Ok
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7443304
3.http://www.151squadron.org.uk/
4.ORB 151 Sqdn RAF nic
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Mar-2012 01:01 | Nepa | Added |
| 01-Mar-2012 04:33 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 21-Jul-2014 18:15 | HB | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 02-Oct-2014 09:28 | Tom Wiezarth | Updated [Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2014 13:56 | Dandy | Updated [Narrative] |
| 17-Aug-2015 08:31 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 07-Sep-2018 21:21 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 01-May-2019 15:21 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Operator] |
| 16-Sep-2021 11:28 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Operator] |
| 17-Sep-2021 09:29 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Operator] |
| 03-Jan-2022 21:20 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Narrative, Operator] |
| 11-May-2023 20:52 | Nepa | Updated [[Time, Narrative, Operator]] |
| 19-Sep-2023 09:46 | Nepa | Updated [[[Time, Narrative, Operator]]] |
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