ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 121195
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| Date: | Tuesday 25 April 1944 |
| Time: | 14:50 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 464 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | MM400 |
| MSN: | SB-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | English Channel off Pas de Calais. -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hunsdon, Hertfordshire |
Mosquito MM400/J: Took off at 13:40 hrs for day bombing raid on construction works in Northern France. 25/04/1944
Was one of 14 aircraft from the Squadron detailed to bomb construction works in Northern France.
Mosquito MM400 failed to return from the mission
During the return flight one of the propellors hit the water and the aircraft ditched off Pas de Calais. Both crew survived and evacuated the aircraft but when an air-sea Walrus arrived, the pilot was dead(his body was not recovered) and the navigtor seriouly injured.
Crew:
F/O (NZ415753) Lorenzo James Shann FITTOCK (pilot) RNZAF - killed
W/O (NZ413412) James William HAUGH (nav.) RNZAF - rescued
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 464 Sqdn RAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 January 1944 | HJ774 | 464 Sqn RAAF | 2 | 1 mile south of RAF stn Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, England |  |
w/o |
| 21 February 1944 | MM401 | 464 Sqn RAAF | 0 | RAF stn Friston ELG, Sussex, England | |
w/o |
| 6 July 1944 | HJ776 | 464 Sqn RAAF | 0 | RAF stn Thorney Island, Hampshire, England | |
min |
| 17 April 1945 | PZ463 | 464 Sqn RAAF | 0 | Advanced Landing Ground B.78 Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant. |  |
sub |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Mar-2011 17:25 | Nepa | Added |
| 20-Mar-2011 05:11 | penguin832 | Updated [Date, Registration, Total fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Mar-2011 02:37 | Nepa | Updated [Registration, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Mar-2014 11:16 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 01-Aug-2014 17:49 | Scout | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 11-Aug-2015 04:20 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 12-Dec-2015 20:30 | Shout | Updated [Location] |
| 23-Apr-2019 17:34 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator] |
| 25-Nov-2021 11:56 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 06-Mar-2024 06:54 | Antonio | Updated [Narrative] |
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