ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70838
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| Date: | Friday 21 May 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 307 (Lwowskich Puchaczy) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DD729 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Irish sea, 12 miles off Bardsey island, Caernarvon, Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Fairwood Common, Glamorgan |
Mosquito DD729: Took off at 18:35 hrs for Day Convoy patrol. 21/05/1943
Having completed night convoy patrol decided to fly low on way to base as practice for Intruder work. At about 40ft above water the port engine cut out suddenly (probably through touching water) the aircraft turned sharply about 150˚ to port and before regaining control the port engine nacelles bounced on the water. Shortly after the starboard engine cut out and the pilot ditched th aircraft. They succeeded in inflating one dinghy and hung on to it for about an hour. They were the picked up by a trawler from Tenby and taken to Coastal Command Station at CARWE CHERITON suffering from slight shock. They returned to the Squadron the following day. The aircraft sank after 10 minutes which gave valuable time.
Ditched 12miles off Bardsey island Caernarvon, South of Caldy Island.
Crew:
F/Sgt (P/794077) Edward WOJCZYŃSKI (pol.pilot) PAF - OK
Sgt (P/782671) Emil SLUSZKIEWICZ (pol.obs) PAF - OK
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.polishsquadronsremembered.com/
3.ORB 307 Sqdn RAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Dec-2009 12:33 | NePa | Added |
| 04-Nov-2011 01:48 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Feb-2012 02:33 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 27-May-2014 17:11 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Jun-2014 11:10 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-Jul-2015 18:08 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 21-Mar-2019 08:41 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 02-Apr-2022 21:25 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 06-Apr-2022 20:34 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
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