ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 177081
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| Date: | Thursday 27 April 1944 |
| Time: | 00:15 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 141 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DD656 |
| MSN: | TW-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | RAF stn West Raynham, Norfolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF West Raynham, Norfolk |
| RAF West Raynham |
Seventeen Mosquitoes (seven of 141 and ten of 239), of which only thirteen took-off, were detailed to support bombers who were attacking Essen, by carrying out Serrate / AI patrols over the target area and in the vicinity of the bombers route both to and from the target. Ten aircraft successfully completed their sorties, during the course of which 239 'S' (F/O Breithaupt and F/O Kennedy) were instrumental in destroying a Bf 110 in the Essen area.
Aircraft 141 'J' (S/Ldr Forshaw and P/O Folley) is missing.
Two aircraft returned early:
141 DD736 'D': with an engine overheating,
Mosquito DZ656/V: (141 Sqdn) Took off at 23:15 hrs for support of the bomber against Essen. 26/04/1944
Returned early, with oxygen failure. Landing at 00:15hrs. 27/04/1944
Crew:
F/O (????) J.M.N.J.P.E. LeGRAND (belg.pilot) RAFVR - Ok
F/Sgt (1513709) Donald John CALDER (nav.) RAFVR - Ok
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 141 Sqn RAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 April 1944 | DZ656 | 141 Sqn RAF | 0 | North Sea off the coast of Denmark. |  |
min |
| 28 April 1944 | DZ656 | 141 Sqn RAF | 2 | Leuven, Flemish Brabant. |  |
w/o |
| 17 August 1944 | NT235 | 141 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn West Raynham, Norfolk, England | |
min |
| 23 January 1945 | NT235 | 141 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn West Raynham, Norfolk, England | |
min |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Jun-2015 20:12 | Thomas Fuk | Added |
| 09-Aug-2015 12:04 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 03-Sep-2018 15:08 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Narrative, Operator] |
| 03-Nov-2021 10:03 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Source, Damage, Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Nov-2021 22:16 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Operator] |
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