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Date: | Wednesday 27 September 1944 |
Time: | 20:52 |
Type: | de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XVI |
Owner/operator: | 571 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | PF389 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Minor |
Location: | RAF stn Oakington, Cambridgeshire, England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Oakington |
Narrative:27. September 1944
571 Squadron (11 Mossie) Target Kassal. Eleven sorties attacked dropping their cookies on well positioned markers.
Mosquito PF389: Took off at 19:20 hrs for mission over Kassal. 27/09/1944
Returned early with a pilot sick for oxygen failure. Landing Ok at 20:52 hrs.
Crew:
F/O (148.573) Leslie Leonard FLETCHER DFC (pilot) RAFVR - Ok
F/Lt (NZ411385) Kenneth Henry Wilson DIXON DFC (nav.) RNZAF - Ok
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.156squadron.com/display_newpff_roll.asp?ID=571
3.ORB 571 Sqdn RAF
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