ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 198389
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| Date: | Tuesday 19 September 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk XIII |
| Owner/operator: | 264 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ???? |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | La Chapelle des Marais, near Langatre -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | ALG B.17 Caen/Carpiquet |
Mosquito ????: Took off at 14:45 hrs to Training flight /Cross country.(Caen -Nantes –Lorient -St.Malo-back). 19/09/1944
Damaged by flak. On 19 September at 16:00 hrs a Mosquito flying on the desk crash-landed in the cabbage field at the place called La Chapelle des Marais, near the village of Langatre. An inhabitant, Armand Moyon, ran to help the airmen and hide them under a tree. Germans arrived soon after with dogs but did not find them. 19/09/1944
The next days, the members of the Resistance inside the German pocket of Saint-Nazaire continued to help them and enabled them to evade capture and reach the Allied lines. 25/09/1944
Crew:
F/Lt (120856) William Kerr MONCUR (pilot) RAFVR - Ok
F/O (155111) Frederick William WOODRUFF (nav.) RAFVR - Ok
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 264 Sqdn RAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Aug-2017 17:43 | Nepa | Added |
| 17-Jan-2019 10:50 | Nepa | Updated [Registration, Location, Source, Operator] |
| 12-Nov-2021 18:34 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 12-Nov-2021 18:36 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 18-Apr-2022 07:48 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Damage] |
| 26-Apr-2022 11:38 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 11-May-2023 20:53 | Nepa | Updated [[Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]] |
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