ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 180899
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| Date: | Sunday 25 June 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk 40 |
| Owner/operator: | 1 PRU RAAF |
| Registration: | A52-2 |
| MSN: | DHA3002 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Sourabaja, Netherlands East Indies -
 Indonesia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAAF Coomalie Creek, NT |
| RAAF Broome, WA |
Mosquito A52-2 /DHA3002 (1 PRU RAAF Coomalie Creek NT)
Flew nine PR operations during June. After its first operation the port engine was changed owing to a faulty sparking plug insert. The aircraft is again undergoing a change of the port engine. This engine failed over Sourabaja.
Mosquito A52-2 suffered an engine failure over Sourabaya NEI (Netherlands East Indies) and flew the 10.5 hour return trip to Australia of 1450km on one engine. The cause of the engine failure is as unknown. 25/06/1944
Crew:
F/O (Aus.400076) Kenneth Ford BOSS-WALKER (pilot) RAAF - Ok
P/O (Aus.433602) Jeffrey Nigel LOVE (nav) RAAF - ok
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/.au/2a52.htm
3.ORB 1 PRU RAAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 July 1944 | A52-2 | 1 PRU RAAF | 0 | RAAF stn Coomalie Creek, Northern Territory |  |
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| 18 July 1944 | A52-2 | 87 (PR) Sqn RAAF | 0 | RAAF stn Coomalie Creek, Northern Territory. | |
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| 12 September 1944 | A52-2 | 87 (PR) Sqn RAAF | 0 | Balikpapan airfield, East Kalimantan. Borneo. | |
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| 13 September 1944 | A52-2 | 87 (PR) Sqn RAAF | 0 | Balikpapan airfield, East Kalimantan. Borneo. | |
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| 26 September 1944 | A52-2 | 87 (PR) Sqn RAAF | 0 | Kei & Aroe Islands. | |
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| 24 January 1945 | A52-2 | 87 (PR) Sqn RAAF | 0 | RAAF stn Broome, Western Australia | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Nov-2015 13:45 | Nepa | Added |
| 02-Nov-2015 14:56 | Iwosh | Updated [Narrative] |
| 08-May-2019 16:58 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator] |
| 06-Jun-2021 17:43 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, Operator] |
| 14-Jun-2021 17:31 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 07-Oct-2021 20:49 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Operator] |
| 21-Jun-2023 20:14 | Nepa | Updated [[Source, Operator]] |
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