ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 74004
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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: | HR161 |
| MSN: | LA-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | St. Hilaire-de-Talmont village adjoining Talmont. -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Portreath, Cornwall |
Mosquito HR161/R: Missing from 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. Crashed at Talmont-Saint- Hilaire.
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 (J/21782) John Thomas SAMMON (pilot) RCAF - killed
F/O (136.382) Frank Stanley HARRIS (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.archeosousmarine.net/bdd/fichetech.php?id=39
3.ORB 235 Sqdn RAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 December 1944 | HR114 | 235 Sqn RAF | 2 | sea in Eids Fiord on the Norwegian coast. |  |
w/o |
| 4 May 1945 | ???? | 235 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Banff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |  |
min |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Apr-2010 05:21 | Nepa | Added |
| 25-Aug-2013 21:54 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 30-Sep-2013 11:01 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Source] |
| 13-Mar-2014 08:55 | Nepa | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Jul-2014 14:00 | Next | Updated [Narrative] |
| 17-Aug-2015 08:41 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 17-Aug-2015 08:46 | Next | Updated [Cn] |
| 28-Feb-2019 16:36 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 16-Jul-2022 19:03 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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