ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 73104
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| Date: | Saturday 10 June 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk XIII |
| Owner/operator: | 151 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HK505 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | The swamp of Certes, Villenave D'Ornon near Bordeaux. -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Predannack, Cornwall |
Mosquito HK505: Took off at 13:20 hrs for Day Ranger mission to Bordeaux. 10/06/1944
Missing Mosquito HK505 been damaged in the right wing during and air battle above the basin of Arcachon. Aiming for the domaine of Certes, their plane crashed in the swamp of Certes near Bordeaux.
Two seriously injured English airmen RAF 151 Squadron, taken out of the machine by German soldiers, were transported to the military hospital Robert Piqué in Bordeaux.
Crew:
W/O (1330097) Terence BIRCH (pilot) RAFVR - killed
Sgt (1062350) Ernest Stanley TICKLE (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtn
2.http://homepage.ntlworld.com/kelsey.family/terence_birch.
3.http://www.151squadron.org.uk/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Feb-2010 01:13 | NePa | Added |
| 28-Feb-2012 02:17 | Nepa | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Jul-2012 12:25 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 03-Jul-2014 14:48 | ABBA | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 20-Jun-2015 09:01 | Iwosh | Updated [Location] |
| 16-Aug-2015 14:20 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 07-Sep-2018 21:16 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 17-Sep-2021 10:09 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 03-Jan-2022 20:45 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
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