ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 146475
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| Date: | Friday 6 October 1944 |
| Time: | 21:45 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk XIII |
| Owner/operator: | 409 (Nighthawk) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MM574 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Advanced Landing Ground A.89 Le Culot, Walloon Brabant. -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | A.89 Le Culot (B) |
| A.89 Le Culot |
Mosquito MM574: Took off at 19:50 hrs for Night Defensive patrol. 06/10/1944
Mosquito was damaged by debris from a Ju88 they had shot down, suffered engine cuts and instead of a
forced landing at Le Culot had to abandon the aircraft in 8 miles east of Brussels at 21:45 hrs. 06/10/1944
Regarding Mosquito HK503. We know it had one engine fail and landing gear was not locked down prior to emergency landing - and that this emergency belly landing blocked the runway which prevented Mosquito MM574 from performing an emergency landing.
Crew:
P/O (J/86855) Francis E. "Hank" HALEY (pilot) RCAF - Ok bailed out
P/O (177.961) Stanley James FAIRWEATHER (nav.) RAFVR - Ok bailed out
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=30111 3.http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?2428-Mosquito-HK-503
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Jun-2012 05:58 | Nepa | Added |
| 03-Aug-2013 12:10 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-May-2014 15:56 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 02-Jun-2014 06:25 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative] |
| 29-Aug-2015 14:29 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Feb-2016 15:25 | Next | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 30-Apr-2019 08:07 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 31-Aug-2021 19:39 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 21-Dec-2021 23:15 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 07-Nov-2022 13:59 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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