ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 73809
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| Date: | Wednesday 5 July 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 235 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HP977 |
| MSN: | LA-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Missing - English Channel -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Portreath, Cornwall |
Mosquito HP977/J: Took off at 07:53 hrs for shipping reconnaissance off Gironde. 05/07/1944
Two Mosquitoes R/235 and J/235 Took off at 07:53/54 hrs on a Rover Patrol off the Brittany coast.
Their planes attacked the fleet of the German navy before the Palice.
At an unspecified time both attacked a "Speerbrecher", one with 2x250 Ib. Depth Charges and the other 2 x 500 Ib bombs, cannon and machine gun fire. Under intense AA flak from ship and shore both aircraft crashed.
Uncertain if they crashed on land or in the sea near the coast.
Canadian John Sammon (pilot), Frank Harris (nav) on R/235 perished and Tom Warwick (pilot) and Ken Gratton (nav) J/235 survived.
Crew:
F/O (138313) Thomas William WARWICK (pilot) RAFVR - POW
F/O (152857) Kenneth Gordon John GRATTON (nav.) RAF - POW
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=37299
3.ORB 239 Sqdn RAF
Images:
Plaque on track near Le Querry Pigeon, Talmont St Hilaire, Vendée, France Appeared summer 2010
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Apr-2010 10:23 | Nepa | Added |
| 12-Nov-2010 13:39 | nigelm | Updated |
| 28-Mar-2014 11:00 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Jun-2014 11:40 | Next | Updated [Narrative] |
| 16-Sep-2014 08:36 | Jixon | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 03-Jun-2015 20:34 | JEPA | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Aug-2015 08:45 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn] |
| 31-Jan-2019 17:39 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 02-Oct-2021 19:33 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 16-Jul-2022 19:17 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 12-Sep-2023 09:22 | Nepa | Updated [[Narrative, Operator]] |
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