ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 73867
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| Date: | Wednesday 16 August 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 151 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HR237 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Beruges depart. of the Vienne some 6 miles west of Poitiers. -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Predannack, Cornwall |
Mosquito HR237: Took off at 16:10 hrs for Day Ranger mission over SW France. 16/08/1944
The crews of P/O Parkinson with W/O Clarke and F/Lt Strachan with F/O Mattingley take off and the targets were transport and military establishments. Coming up against severe medium and light AA fire over one of the targets were shot down and failed to return.
Crew:
P/O (175.717) Frederick John PARKINSON (pilot) RAFVR - killed
W/O (179515) Arthur John CLARKE (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.151squadron.org.uk/1945.htm
3.ORB 151 Sqdn RAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Apr-2010 10:25 | Nepa | Added |
| 24-Nov-2011 13:45 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Jul-2014 17:41 | MiG29 | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 23-Aug-2015 11:06 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 07-Sep-2018 21:37 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 01-May-2019 13:59 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 17-Sep-2021 08:24 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 27-Jan-2022 21:47 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 16-Aug-2022 11:15 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
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