ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 189494
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| Date: | Wednesday 17 September 1941 |
| Time: | 17:45 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 1 PRU RAF |
| Registration: | W4055 |
| MSN: | (c/n 98006) |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | RAF stn Benson, Oxfordshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Benson, Oxfordshire |
| RAF Benson |
Mosquito W4055/N: (Photographic Reconnaissance Unit) Coded LY-N.
Took off at 11:30 hrs on a mission to Southern France over Brest and the Franco-Spanish frontier. 17/09/1941.
Intelligence suggested that the Nazis were massing troops to occupy Spain, and the Mosquito was to check it out. The aircraft's electrical generator failed and the batteries ran down, rendering the cameras so much dead weight. The Mosquito had to eary return to base. Landing at 17:45 hrs.
Unarmed Mosquito W4055 during this sortie evaded three Messerschmitt Bf 109s at 23,000 feet (7,000 m).
In some compensation, the aircraft was jumped by three Messerschmitt Bf-109s but easily outran them.
Crew:
S/Ldr (36108) Rupert Francis Henry CLERKE (pilot) RAF - Ok
Sgt (921834) Henry Alfred SOWERBUTTS (obs.) RAFVR - Ok
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.airvectors.net/avmoss_2.html#m1
3.ORB 1 PRU RAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 December 1941 | W4055 | 1 PRU RAF | 2 | North Sea off Stavanger, 35km west of Feistein |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Aug-2016 08:43 | Nepa | Added |
| 13-Sep-2021 09:30 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 07-Oct-2021 20:42 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 07-Oct-2021 20:42 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 28-Dec-2021 15:44 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Narrative, Operator] |
| 29-Dec-2021 10:15 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Narrative, Operator] |
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