Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI NS935,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 164670
 
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Date:Monday 31 July 1944
Time:03:00
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI
Owner/operator:21 Sqn RAF
Registration: NS935
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Morgny-la-Pommeraye, Seine-Maritime, Normandy -   France
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Thorney Island, Hampshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito NS935: Took off for Night Intruder mission. 30/07/1944
Loss while attacking a train. The plane was shot down by enemy AAA.
Crashed at Morgny-la-Pommeraye, Normandy. 31/07/1944
Crew:
F/O (146316) Owen Wells PORTER (pilot) RAFVR - killed
F/O (153314) John Alfred GARRETT (nav.) RAFVR - killed

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 21 Sqdn RAF nic

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
13-Mar-2014 13:21 Nepa Added
20-Jul-2014 12:46 HB Updated [Narrative]
12-Aug-2015 14:39 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location]
17-Mar-2019 20:59 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator]
05-May-2019 09:55 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
24-Sep-2021 09:46 Nepa Updated [Time, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]
24-Sep-2021 09:50 Nepa Updated [Location, Operator]
29-Jan-2022 22:17 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
19-Sep-2023 21:06 Nepa Updated [[Narrative, Operator]]

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