ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 164965
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| Date: | Saturday 8 July 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk XIII |
| Owner/operator: | 410 (Cougar) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MM570 |
| MSN: | RA-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Pointe de la Percée. -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Zeals, Wiltshire |
Mosquito MM570: Took off for patrol over Normandy. 08/07/1944
Crew were on patrol over the beachhead with Pool 2 when they got a contact and gave chase.
From the exhausts and a faint silhouette against patches of cloud, they could see it was a Ju.88. After a short burst from 600 feet, which hit on the port engine and cockpit, Huppert closed in to 300 feet for the kill. With a very violent explosion the Junkers disintegrated. Seriously damaged by the shower of debris, the Mosquito was in immediate trouble. The starboard engine stopped, the aircraft lost height, and presently the second engine, labouring under the strain, overheated and seized. The Mosquito was now down to about 1500 feet and the crew reported they were baling out. Christie got away through the hatch and as he was floating down he saw the night fighter hit the water. Inflating his dinghy, he climbed aboard, bobbing on the sea for almost six hours until and American naval patrol boat picked him up and carried him to Plymouth. "Red" Huppert apparently did not have time to jump before his aircraft went in.
Crew:
F/Lt (J/18426) Stanley Byron HUPPERT (pilot) RCAF - killed
F/O (157.629) John Stewart CHRISTIE (nav.) RAFVR - ok
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 410 Sqdn RCAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 January 1943 | HJ919 | 410 (Cougar) Sqn RCAF | 2 | North Sea, 2miles south-east of Sea Houses, Northumberland, England |  |
w/o |
| 7 July 1944 | MM570 | 410 (Cougar) Sqn RCAF | 0 | RAF stn Hurn, Dorset, England | |
min |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Mar-2014 09:42 | Nepa | Added |
| 11-Aug-2014 18:14 | Kraus | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 17-Aug-2015 20:57 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 25-Dec-2015 10:31 | Jimi | Updated [Cn] |
| 16-Feb-2019 18:21 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-May-2019 14:59 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 07-Jul-2022 17:58 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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