ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 73970
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| Date: | Thursday 31 August 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 21 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HR154 |
| MSN: | YH-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF stn Thorney Island, West Sussex, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Thorney Island, West Sussex |
| RAF Thorney Island |
Mosquito HR154/Q: Took off for night intruder attacking bridges between Abbeville and Amiens. 30/08/1944
Bombs jettisoned. Hit by flak in port engine. Returned and landed on one engine.
Crashed into a hangar on landing due to lack of directional control on one engine. 31/08/1944
Crew:
F/Lt (50749) Francis Alfred BIRT (pilot) RAF - OK
F/Sgt (1600861) Albert Arthur Sidney CASSELY (nav.) RAFVR - OK
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.Cassely family history records
3.ORB 21 Sqdn RAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 October 1943 | HX956 | 21 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Sculthorpe, North Norfolk, England. | |
w/o |
Images:
RAF Thorney Island, UK 31 August 1944
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Apr-2010 11:03 | Nepa | Added |
| 24-Nov-2011 14:27 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-May-2014 18:55 | Hedgemech | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-May-2014 19:06 | Hedgemech | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 30-May-2014 19:33 | Anon. | Updated [Damage] |
| 31-May-2014 06:43 | Hedgemech | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 02-Jun-2014 09:28 | Hedgemech | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 02-Jun-2014 16:43 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Jun-2014 14:04 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 05-Jul-2014 13:45 | Pepa | Updated [Narrative] |
| 12-Aug-2014 09:06 | SIS07 | Updated [Location, Phase] |
| 12-Aug-2015 14:37 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Jul-2017 18:30 | Anon. | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 23-Feb-2018 13:14 | paddy | Updated [Registration, Narrative] |
| 16-Sep-2018 06:53 | Nepa | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 10-Nov-2021 10:45 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 10-Jul-2022 21:47 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
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