ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 165205
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| Date: | Saturday 27 January 1945 |
| Time: | 04:28 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk 30 |
| Owner/operator: | 416th (NF) Sqn USAAF |
| Registration: | MT475 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lonate-Pozzolo. -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Pisa airfield (I) |
Mosquito MT475: Took off at 03:00 hrs on a night intruder misison to the western Po Valley to strafe road traffic. 27/01/1945
The operation normally lasts three to three and one-half hours. At 04:15 hrs, Capt. Davies radioed to Lt. Blake that he had turned for home base. Nothing further was heard on the RT. At 06:45hrs attempts to establish radio communication with the aircraft failed. Also, the dawn patrols of P-47s from Pisa airodrome were instructed to call this aircraft on D channel, monitored by night figthters intruding the Po Valley, but there was no response. They were listed MIA. A German report says Mosquito came down at 04:28 hrs at Lonate-Pozzolo Italy. 27/01/1945
Crew:
Capt. (O.362166) John A. DAVIES (pilot) USAAF - killed
2/Lt. (O.869594) Hubbard Peter LARSEN (nav.) USAAF - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.armyairforces.com/Mosquito-MT475-m195874.aspx
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Apr-2014 17:19 | Nepa | Added |
| 27-Aug-2014 20:27 | T.Taylor | Updated [Narrative] |
| 07-Apr-2015 19:02 | JEPA | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 14-Sep-2015 20:42 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 17-Dec-2016 10:16 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 08-Mar-2019 20:32 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 27-Jan-2021 20:31 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 30-Oct-2021 11:28 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 21-Nov-2021 22:27 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 14-Dec-2021 10:28 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 14-Dec-2021 10:31 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
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