ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 142221
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| Date: | Thursday 23 March 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 418 (City of Edmonton) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HX812 |
| MSN: | TH-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Abbeville, Somme department and in Hauts-de-France region -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ford, Sussex |
Mosquito HX812/T: Took off at 20:35 hrs for a night intruder mission to Stuttgart. 22/03/1944.
Lost over France. 23/03/1944
Returning from a "Flower" in the Stuttgart area, the plane ran out of fuel and crash-landed near Abbeville. The pilot began to evade, but Roberts, handicapped by an injured foot, had to be left behind and was soon captured. Contacting the Resistance, Walker moved from house to house and from village to village for the next five months or so, devoting much of that time to helping the Resistance to organize. He was billeted with a local commandant of the FFI (French Forces of the Interior) when the British Second Army liberated the area on 4 September 1944
Crew:
F/Lt (J/4552) Clifford Arthut WALKER (pilot) RCAF - sheltered in France until liberated
F/O (152423) Thomas John ROBERTS (nav.) RAFVR - injured /POW
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 418 Sqdn RAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 May 1944 | NS930 | 418 (City of Edmonton) Sqn RCAF | 0 | RAF stn Coltishall, Norfolk, England |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Feb-2012 13:44 | Nepa | Added |
| 15-Apr-2013 00:34 | wittyhawk | Updated [Total fatalities, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Apr-2014 15:11 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 12-Jun-2014 16:39 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Damage, Narrative] |
| 14-Sep-2014 14:09 | Lotos | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 09-Aug-2015 06:12 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 16-Oct-2015 19:05 | Kraus | Updated [Total fatalities] |
| 18-Oct-2015 16:34 | Kraus | Updated [Cn] |
| 04-Feb-2019 20:21 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 02-Oct-2021 09:44 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 18-Apr-2022 05:20 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Damage] |
| 25-Apr-2022 20:12 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Damage, Narrative, Operator] |
| 02-Jul-2022 10:56 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-May-2023 10:22 | Nepa | Updated [[Narrative, Operator]] |
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