ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 164667
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| Date: | Sunday 30 July 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 487 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NT135 |
| MSN: | EG-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | the woods 0,5 mile of Bursard Bois de la Garenne, Orne. -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Thorney Island, Sussex |
Mosquito NT135/U: Took off for night intruder patrol. 30/07/1944
Shot down by a night fighter. Fallen in an aerial combat, in the woods of la Garenne, Bursard, Orne.
Crew:
F/Lt (116.119) Robert Henry CLARK (pilot) RAFVR - killed
F/O (148.458) Francis CARR (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 487 Sqdn RAF
3.http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=2660
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 March 1944 | HX825 | 487 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, England |  |
w/o |
| 28 April 1944 | HP849 | 487 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Swanton Morley, Norfolk, England | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Mar-2014 10:13 | Nepa | Added |
| 16-Aug-2015 14:42 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 27-Aug-2015 17:11 | INV | Updated [Location] |
| 05-May-2019 10:02 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-May-2019 17:01 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 11-Nov-2021 17:39 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 08-Jul-2022 17:48 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
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