ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 200158
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| Date: | Monday 29 January 1945 |
| Time: | 18:45 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XVI |
| Owner/operator: | 571 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PF383 |
| MSN: | 8K-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | RAF stn Bradwell Bay, Essex, England. -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Bradwell Bay, Essex |
29- January -1945
571 Squadron (9 Mosquitoes) target Berlin. Marking was good and bombing well concentrated on the area marked. Some decoy markers were reported west of the aiming point but these appeared to have attracted no attention from our bombers. Eight crews attacked the primary.
Mosquito PF383: Took off at 17:17 hrs for mission over Berlin. 29/01/1945
Was compelled by engine trouble to jettison his bomb load in the sea and return early.
Adverse weather conditions at base caused diversion of to RAF Bradwell Bay. Landing at 18:45hrs.
Crew:
S/Ldr (40996) Hugh Deas DAWLISH DFC (pilot) RAF - Ok
P/O (186.663) Robert DICK (nav.) RAFVR - Ok
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.156squadron.com/display_newpff_roll.asp?ID=571
3.ORB 571 Sqdn RAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 July 1944 | MM136 | 571 Sqn RAF | 1 | 2 km north-east of Landin, Kotzen, Brandenburg. |  |
w/o |
| 21 July 1944 | ML984 | 571 Sqn RAF | 1 | Elbe Estuary West of Hamburg, near Brunsbüttel, Schleswig-Holstein. | |
w/o |
| 17 August 1944 | ML941 | 571 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Woodbridge, Suffolk, England | |
min |
| 1 February 1945 | MM119 | 571 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Rackheath /AAF Sta.145, Norfolk, England | |
min |
| 3 March 1945 | PF383 | 571 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Oakington, Cambridgeshire, England | |
min |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Oct-2017 15:54 | Nepa | Added |
| 24-Jun-2018 06:32 | Nepa | Updated [Registration] |
| 20-Oct-2019 07:43 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 26-Oct-2021 21:48 | Nepa | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 27-Oct-2021 18:04 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, Operator] |
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