ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 166293
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| Date: | Friday 13 October 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk XVI |
| Owner/operator: | 680 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MM287 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Orosztony, near Budapest -
 Hungary
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | San Severo airfield (Italy) |
Mosquito MM287: Took off at 10:20 hrs for Photo Recco mission to Vienna. 13/10/1944 The plane was hit by AA fire near/over Budapest, pilot plotted a course for Yugoslavia. Damage included a hit to the glycol tank which left a nice vapour trail which attracted more flak. Ceratinly oil sprayed onto the screen from one engine. As they descended the pilot found that the flaps were damaged & not working, the hatch was also jammed so bailing out was not an option.
At the edge of Orosztony (Zala County) a twin engined hrs British ‘fighter’ crashed and burned away. The crew got captured.’ The plane was shot down enroute home after taking photos in the Vienna area. The village of Orosztony is between Lake Balaton and the Austrian / Slovenian border.
As they came down the pilot deliberately clipped the tops of trees to slow the descent as a full speed crash into the ground would have been fatal. The wings sheered off as the plane crashed through the trees & the plane twisted and exited into a hay stack which was set on fire.
Crew:
F/Lt (124790) Stanley McGREITH (pilot) RAFVR - injured /POW
F/Sgt (1578042) Donald PIZZEY (nav.) RAFVR - injured /POW
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 680 Sqdn RAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2014 16:50 | Nepa | Added |
| 17-May-2014 16:55 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative] |
| 14-Jun-2014 15:48 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative] |
| 29-Aug-2015 18:57 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 07-Feb-2016 17:33 | Next | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-May-2019 07:38 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 30-Sep-2021 21:12 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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