ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 146471
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| Date: | Monday 27 September 1943 |
| Time: | 01:00 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 410 (Cougar) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | DZ757 |
| MSN: | RA-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | RAF stn Coleby Grange, Lincolnshire, England. -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coleby Grange, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Coleby Grange |
Mosquito DZ757/Q: Took off at 20:10 for Night patrol over Norh sea and Ijmuiden. 26/09/1943
Hounding a German Do217 in their Mosquito DZ757, F/Lt Cybulski almost overshot the Dornier, but managed to pull back and ease off the throttle, causing the Mossie to almost stall. At that moment,he tipped the nose forward and fired straight into the Dornier. The Mosquito was on top of the German plane when it exploded. F/Lt Cybulski was temporarily blinded, and their Mosquito was severely damaged by the blast, yet they managed to make it back to base. Debris also damaged the port engine, which had to be shut down.
Damaged by flying through wreckage of exploding enemy aircraft. Flying 250 miles on one engine.
Landing at 01:00 hrs. 27/09/1943
Crew:
F/Lt (J/15807) Martin Anthony CYBULSKI DFC (pilot) RCAF - OK
F/O (139.394) Harold Herbert LADBROOK DFC (nav.) RAFVR - Ok
Sources:
1.http://www.odynet.ca/~bwalker/RAF_owned_DV100.html
2.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt]t
3.ORB 410 Sqdn RCAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 March 1944 | HK455 | 410 (Cougar) Sqn RCAF | 0 | RAF stn Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire, England | |
w/o |
| 17 June 1944 | HK366 | 410 (Cougar) Sqn RCAF | 0 | RAF stn Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, England | |
min |
| 24 June 1944 | HK366 | 410 (Cougar) Sqn RCAF | 0 | RAF stn Zeals, Wiltshire, England | |
min |
| 5 July 1944 | HK366 | 410 (Cougar) Sqn RCAF | 0 | RAF stn Zeals, Wiltshire, England | |
min |
| 6 March 1945 | MM788 | 410 (Cougar) Sqn RCAF | 2 | Chaamse Bossen 4 km east of B.77 Gilze-Rijen, Noord-Brabant. |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Jun-2012 13:19 | Nepa | Added |
| 28-Nov-2012 01:47 | Nepa | Updated [Date, Country, Narrative] |
| 24-Aug-2014 17:10 | Scout | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 19-Sep-2014 19:21 | Faun | Updated [Narrative] |
| 02-Aug-2015 19:31 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Source] |
| 08-Dec-2015 08:40 | Heil | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Jan-2019 16:17 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 15-Dec-2021 11:31 | Nepa | Updated [Date, Time, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 15-Dec-2021 12:19 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
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