ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 73889
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| Date: | Friday 27 October 1944 |
| Time: | 19:30 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 23 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HR211 |
| MSN: | YP-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF stn Little Snoring, Cambridgeshire, England. -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Little Snoring, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Little Snoring |
Mosquito HR211/T: Took off at 19:09 hrs for training flight. 27/10/1944
HR211 flown by Lt. Christie acting as the target during a practice attack was hit by PZ178 flown by F/L Curd. Mosquito HR211 lost part of a wingtip and crash landed in a field near RAF Little Snoring.
The plane overshot emergency landing and hit hedge RAF Little Snoring.
Crew:
Lt. (5516N) J.H. CHRISTIE (NL. pilot) RAFVR - Ok /Mosquito HR211/T
W/O (746989) K.V. RANN (nav.) RAFVR - Ok
F/Lt (46848) John "Jackie" CURD (pilot) RAF - Ok /Mosquito PZ178/Y
F/Sgt (992599) Patrick Hugh DEVLIN (nav.) RAFVR - Ok
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt.
2.https://no23squadron.wordpress.com/tag
3.ORB 23 Sqdn RAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 August 1942 | DZ233 | 23 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Manston, Kent, England | |
min |
| 7 September 1942 | DZ233 | 23 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Manston, Kent, England | |
min |
| 25 January 1943 | DZ233 | 23 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Luqa |  |
min |
| 3 April 1943 | DZ233 | 23 Sqn RAF | 2 | Missing - Mediterranean Sea | |
w/o |
| 22 March 1945 | RS577 | 23 Sqn RAF | 2 | the airfield Münster-Handorf near Münster |  |
w/o |
Images:
23 Sqn ORB entry for 27 Oct 44
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Apr-2010 08:41 | Nepa | Added |
| 31-Jan-2011 02:53 | thW | Updated [Source] |
| 02-Mar-2012 11:08 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 03-Jul-2014 20:35 | ABBA | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 03-Jul-2014 20:35 | ABBA | Updated [Destination airport] |
| 03-Sep-2015 07:47 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Dec-2015 18:11 | Jimi | Updated [Cn] |
| 27-Jun-2016 18:05 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative] |
| 23-Jan-2021 21:07 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 15-Sep-2021 18:32 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 18-Oct-2021 12:32 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 19-Oct-2021 10:05 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 30-Jul-2022 06:15 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Source, Narrative, Photo] |
| 21-Sep-2023 18:12 | Nepa | Updated [[Source, Narrative, Photo]] |
| 22-Sep-2023 17:14 | Nepa | Updated [[[Source, Narrative, Photo]]] |
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