ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70538
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| Date: | Monday 14 August 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 235 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HR139 |
| MSN: | LA-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ile aux Moines, south-west of Vannes. -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Portreath, Cornwall |
Mosquito HR139/U: Took off at 19:00 hrs for anti shipping patrol to Gironde. 14/08/1944
Missing believed ditched off Ile aux Moines.
Crew:
S/Ldr (74329) Alec Ernest COOK DFC (pilot) RAF - killed
F/Lt (122.971) Stanley Harrison PYRAH (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
ORB 235 Sqn RAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 5 April 1945 | RF617 | 235 Sqn RAF | 2 | North Sea near the island of Anholt. |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Dec-2009 09:28 | NePa | Added |
| 24-Nov-2011 13:38 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Jun-2014 13:12 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 20-Aug-2015 08:23 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Aug-2018 17:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-May-2019 14:02 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 07-Jul-2022 21:42 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 07-Jul-2022 21:42 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 18-Jul-2022 20:47 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Operator] |
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