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| Date: | Thursday 2 April 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 1 PRU RAF |
| Registration: | W4056 |
| MSN: | (c/n 98007) |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Ørlandet, 50km north of Orkanger, Sør-Trøndelag. -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leuchars, Fife, Scotland |
Mosquito W4056: Took off for a PR mission over Trondheim area. 02/04/1942
Missing. They were pursued and attacked by two Me109 of JG 1. Oblt Herbert Huppertz of 12/JG 1 claimed W4056. Crew had to make a forced landing on the German occupied airfield at Ørland. Pilot he landed despite aircraft the tail being shot off and his navigator calmly fired a Verey pistol into a pool of petrol, blowing up the aircraft. The plane burned down, before the crew was captured by enemy.
Crew:
P/O (102.960) Ian HUTCHINSON (pilot) RAFVR - POW
P/O (119.514) Basil Kingsley ALLEN (obs) RAFVR - POW
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 1 PRU RAF
3.AIR81/13116
4.http://ktsorens.tihlde.org/flyvrak/oerland.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2009 23:19 | NePa | Added |
| 03-Jan-2010 21:24 | NePa | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Mar-2011 14:33 | Nepa | Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 31-Dec-2011 01:15 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Oct-2013 15:50 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Jun-2014 08:25 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 13-Aug-2014 12:23 | Juan P.Paco | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 23-Dec-2014 20:55 | Iwosh | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 22-Jul-2015 08:02 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 19-Dec-2015 17:32 | Jimi | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 05-Apr-2016 16:55 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Jun-2016 20:46 | TB | Updated [Source, Embed code, ] |
| 05-Dec-2018 07:54 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 13-Sep-2021 09:27 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 28-Dec-2021 16:00 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 27-Jul-2022 23:06 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
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