ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 90007
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| Date: | Saturday 19 August 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk XVI |
| Owner/operator: | 544 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MM354 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | the area of Châteaudun, Eure-et-Loir. -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Benson, Oxfordshire |
Mosquito MM354: Damaged by Bf109s and crash-landed in wood in Normandy. 19/08/1944
Mossie with crew F/O Vickers & F/S Moseley photographed railways in Paris area and was attacked by a pair of Bf 109. Badly damaged it crashed into a wood in "no mans land". Injured crew were picked up by Amerian advanced patrol.
Crew:
F/O (Aus.408540) Harold Rupert VICKERS (pilot) RAAF - injured
F/Sgt (1576862) Francis Harold MOSELEY (nav.) RAFVR - injured
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?p=39819#post39819
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Feb-2011 15:32 | Nepa | Added |
| 24-Nov-2011 13:51 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 27-Jun-2013 18:04 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 05-Oct-2014 13:37 | R.Giggs | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 21-Aug-2015 12:06 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Mar-2019 10:00 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 09-Oct-2021 18:20 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 30-Jun-2022 09:41 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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