ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 178981
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| Date: | Sunday 30 July 1944 |
| Time: | 00:25 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | 1409 Met Flt RAF |
| Registration: | ML935 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | RAF stn Wyton, Cambridgeshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Wyton |
Mosquito ML935: Took off at 23:45 hrs for Pampa mission ( for USAAC) 29/07/1944
Returned early with bad engine surging. Landing Ok at 00:25 hrs. 30/07/1944
Took off 10 minutes later (at 00:35hrs) in Mosquito ML897 to complete the Pampa sortie over Orfordness – Bruges – Saarbrucken – Landsberg – Freiburg – Metz – Abbeville – RAF Ford (where they landed to report ) Base and elsewhere being covered with low stratus or fog. Landing Ok in RAF Ford at 09:30 hrs
Crew:
F/O (47348) John Maurice Winnington BRIGGS DFM (pilot) RAF - Ok
Sgt (1294883) John Custance BAKER (nav.) RAFVR - Ok
Sources:
1.https://johncustancebaker.wordpress.com/2013/11/23/john-custance-bakers-flight-records/
2.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Aug-2015 14:11 | Thomas Fuk | Added |
| 05-May-2019 09:58 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator] |
| 06-Oct-2021 20:13 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 01-Jun-2022 21:56 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
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