ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70524
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| Date: | Thursday 4 December 1941 |
| Time: | 15:20 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 1 PRU RAF |
| Registration: | W4055 |
| MSN: | (c/n 98006) |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea off Stavanger, 35km west of Feistein -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wick, Scotland |
Mosquito W4055/N: (1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit RAF) Coded: LY-N
Took off at 10:15 hrs for a Photo Recce sortie to cover Trondheim and Bergen. 04/12/1941
It is believed the aircraft was damaged by German high-level AA fire and then shot down by Fw 190 pilot Uffz Rudolf Fenten of 1/JG 77.
Mosquito W4055 crashed at 15:20hrs into the North sea off Stavanger at map reference Lg 49 433.
It is believed to the pilot A/c putting down on the water to avoid Mosquito falling into the hands of the enemy.
Crew:
S/Ldr (39448) Alastair Lennox "Ice" TAYLOR DFC & bar (pilot) RAF - killed
Sgt (921014) Sidney Edward HORSFALL (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 1 PRU RAF
3.AIR81/10673
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 September 1941 | W4055 | 1 PRU RAF | 0 | RAF stn Benson, Oxfordshire, England |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2009 23:19 | NePa | Added |
| 03-Jan-2010 21:26 | NePa | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 20-Mar-2011 14:18 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Nov-2011 04:35 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Jan-2013 10:37 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 10-Jan-2013 10:37 | Nepa | Updated [[Departure airport, Narrative]] |
| 14-Jun-2014 17:48 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 22-Jul-2015 07:57 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 29-Sep-2015 05:38 | King T. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 05-Dec-2015 10:26 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Dec-2015 17:26 | Heil | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Mar-2016 16:26 | King T. | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Mar-2016 17:10 | Heil | Updated [Cn] |
| 27-Jul-2021 20:20 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 27-Jul-2021 20:21 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 27-Jul-2021 20:34 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 29-Nov-2021 23:27 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 28-Dec-2021 15:26 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 29-Dec-2021 11:02 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 16-Jul-2022 10:27 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 27-Jul-2022 22:42 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Operator] |
| 08-Aug-2022 08:40 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 10-Nov-2023 09:30 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
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