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Date: | Thursday 5 April 1945 |
Time: | 04:30 |
Type: | de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk 30 |
Owner/operator: | 141 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | NT490 |
MSN: | TW-R |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Minor |
Location: | RAF stn Woodbridge, Suffolk, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | B.58 Melsbroek/Brussels (B) |
Destination airport: | RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk |
Narrative:04/05-April-1945
Fifteen Mosquito XXXs were detailed, and took-off on AI(X) patrols in support of bombers attacking Magdeburg and the Rhenania oil plant at Harburg. 239 Sqdn provided twelve, and 141 Sqdn three aircraft.
All patrols were completed uneventfully with the exception:
Mosquito NT490/R: (141 Sqdn) which, after refuelling at B.58 Brussels, landed at 04:30 hrs in RAF Woodbridge as a result of low brake pressure. 05/04/1945
Crew:
F/O (157680) Roy Willard Arnott MARRIOTT (pilot) RAFVR - Ok (NCO:1162135 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 02 November, 1943)
F/O (117880) Norman BARBER (nav.) RAFVR - Ok (Commission Gazetted : Wednesday 31 December, 1941)
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 141 Sqdn RAF
3.http://www.airfieldinformationexchange.org/community/showthread.php?14257-RAF-West-Raynham-Operations
4.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
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23 March 1944 |
HJ712 |
141 Sqn RAF |
0 |
RAF stn West Raynham, Norfolk, England |
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min |
1 January 1945 |
PZ287 |
141 Sqn RAF |
0 |
RAF stn Coltishall, Norfolk, England |
|
non |
19 April 1945 |
NT490 |
141 Sqn RAF |
2 |
Neubiberg, south-east of Munich, Bavaria |
|
w/o |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
16-Jun-2015 18:33 |
Thomas Fuk |
Added |
20-Aug-2015 06:38 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
03-Sep-2018 12:50 |
Nepa |
Updated [Time, Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
01-Oct-2018 19:23 |
Nepa |
Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
04-Nov-2021 11:31 |
Nepa |
Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
04-Nov-2021 14:34 |
Nepa |
Updated [Narrative, Operator] |