ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70568
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| Date: | Tuesday 11 April 1944 |
| Time: | 11:25 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 248 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LR362 |
| MSN: | DM-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | near RAF stn Portreath, Cornwall, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Portreath, Cornwall |
| RAF Portreath |
Mosquito LR362/T: Took off at 07:45 hrs for a anti shipping attack over France. 11/04/1944
Mosquito LR362 attacked 'M' Class minesweepers which were escorted by twelve Ju88s.
On his return to RAF Portreath after combat,, had to carry out a crash landing. Machine damag and repaired.
A particularly eventful day was 11th April 1944, records show that one of the Squadron's Mosquitos hit a hill in cloud shortly after take-off for a night patrol and two others were posted missing after an attack on flak ships off St. Nazaire.
Crew:
F/Lt (81935) Stanley George NUNN DFC (pilot) RAFVR - OK
F/O (131016) James Matthew CARLIN DFC (nav.) RAFVR - OK
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://web.archive.org/web/20160326102710/
3.http://www.rafdavidstowmoor.org/crash-log]/view-1944-crash-log/
4.ORB 248 Sqdn RAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 February 1944 | LR347 | 248 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Portreath, Cornwall, England | |
min |
| 12 August 1944 | LR347 | 248 Sqn RAF | 1 | English Channel near Gironde estuary. |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Dec-2009 04:22 | NePa | Added |
| 20-Feb-2012 13:29 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Apr-2014 08:33 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 29-Jun-2014 13:37 | MiG21 | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 22-Sep-2014 08:31 | INV | Updated [Location] |
| 09-Aug-2015 21:38 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2015 05:38 | MiG21 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 08-Mar-2016 13:34 | INV | Updated [Cn] |
| 22-Apr-2019 18:10 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 30-Jul-2020 08:55 | Nepa | Updated [Registration, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Jul-2022 13:00 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 12-Jul-2022 11:17 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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