ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 176472
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| Date: | Monday 6 September 1943 |
| Time: | 20:55 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 23 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HX869 |
| MSN: | YP-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Sigonella airfield, Catania, Sicily. -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Sigonella airfield, Sicily |
| Sigonella airfield |
Mosquito HX869/U: Took off at 20:00 hrs for Night intruder mission to north of Rome. 06/09/1943
Returned early for one engine failed. Landing on one engine at 20:55 hrs
Crew:
F/Sgt (Aus.412245) Ronald Gordon DAWSON (pilot) RAAF - Ok
Sgt (1322574) Fergus Thomas MURRAY (nav.) RAFVR - Ok
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 23 Sqdn RAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 August 1942 | DD683 | 23 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Manston, Kent, England |  |
min |
| 7 September 1942 | DD684 | 23 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Manston, Kent, England | |
min |
| 9 September 1942 | DD684 | 23 Sqn RAF | 2 | Missing - North Sea | |
w/o |
| 17 September 1943 | HJ717 | 23 Sqn RAF | 0 | Lecce, Salentine Peninsula, Province of Lecce | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-May-2015 15:59 | Thomas Fuk | Added |
| 29-May-2015 17:34 | T.T.Taylor | Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 01-Aug-2015 19:21 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 31-Jan-2019 08:07 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 03-Apr-2019 21:29 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 17-Oct-2021 22:13 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 30-Jul-2022 09:16 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
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