ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 169959
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| Date: | Friday 18 February 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 487 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HX982 |
| MSN: | EG-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | RAF stn Ford, West Sussex, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hunsdon, Hertfordshire |
| RAF Ford, West Sussex |
Mosquito HX982/T: Took off at 11:00 hrs for on Operation Jericho, the Amiens prison raid. 18/02/1944
The 18 aircraft took off quickly, one after another, at about 11 in the morning - we were going to hit the gaol when the guards were at lunch. By the time I got to 100 feet I could not see a thing except that grey soupy mist and snow and rain beating against the Perspex window. There was no hope of either getting into formation or staying in it and I headed straight for the Channel coast. Two miles out from the coast the weather was beautifully clear and it was only a matter of minutes before we were over France.
Mosquito HX982/T was hit by German anti-aircraft guns (FlaK).
The pilot was injured and was damag the port engine. Pilot feathered the propeller and managed to reach England, landing on one engine at RAF Ford. Suffered a collapsed undercarriage on landing.
Crew:
F/O (59631) Maxwell Nicholas SPARKS (pilot) RAF - injured
P/O (159.081) Arthur Cecil DUNLOP (nav.) RAFVR - Ok
Sources:
1.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Jericho
2.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
3.ORB 487 Sqdn RAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 October 1943 | HX831 | 487 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Sculthorpe, North Norfolk, England. | |
w/o |
| 26 March 1944 | MM417 | 487 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, England | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Sep-2014 16:42 | Wilbur | Added |
| 18-Sep-2014 16:44 | Gerrard | Updated [Location] |
| 18-Sep-2014 17:11 | wilbur | Updated [Location] |
| 08-Aug-2015 10:51 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Narrative] |
| 07-Apr-2019 12:39 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator] |
| 13-Nov-2021 11:33 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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