ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 90031
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| Date: | Friday 3 March 1944 |
| Time: | 22:50 |
| Type: |  Westland Lysander Mk IIIa |
| Owner/operator: | 161 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ? |
| MSN: | MA-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Plumetot (Normandie) -
 France
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Tangmere (UK) |
| Issoudun (F) |
Mission Framboise.
Engine problems near Lisieux; tried to came back to UK but forced to land near Plumetot.
Lysander damaged but not burnt due to the proximity of the Germans.
Pilot: Lt Douglas S. "Dinger" Bell, DFC - unjuried - Back in UK 10 days later by Lysander (mission Lautrec (or Rubens?) -Pilot Cpt Anderson).
Passengers for France: Comte Elie de Dampierre "Berger"; CDT Robert Lorrilleaux "Icarus" - injuried.
Sources:
"We landed by moonlight" - Hugh Verity
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 September 1942 | 161 Sqn RAF | 0 | D'Arbigny (Pont-de-Vaux (Ain)) | |
w/o | |
| Heavy landing | ||||||
| 18 December 1942 | ? | 161 Sqn RAF | 0 | Bourges, Cher 18 | |
sub |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Feb-2011 14:54 | ThW | Added |
| 11-Feb-2011 15:03 | ThW | Updated [Date, Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Feb-2012 01:27 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Dec-2015 13:52 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
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