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| Date: | Sunday 27 December 1942 |
| Time: | 22:15 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 23 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DD691 |
| MSN: | YP-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF stn Luqa -
 Malta
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Maison Blanche, Algiers |
| RAF Luqa, Malta |
Mosquito DD691/O: Takeoff at 19:20 hrs for a ferry flight to Malta. 27/12/1942
Its pilot had lost an engine some eighty miles from the Malta. Landing, on one engine, in the dark, for the first time on a strange airfield, with a flare-path" /crash-landing at RAF Luqa at 22:15 hrs. 27/12/1942
The undercarriage did not lock down and aircraft with dire damaged.
Crew:
F/Lt (P.76825) Jerzy ORZECHOWSKI (pol.pilot) PAF - Ok
F/O (P.76674) Ignacy SZPONAROWICZ (pol.obs.) PAF- Ok
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 23 Sqdn RAF
3."The Red Eagles" by Peter Rudd.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Dec-2009 05:22 | NePa | Added |
| 22-Feb-2011 14:36 | ThW | Updated [Registration, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Mar-2011 15:56 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-May-2014 12:06 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Jun-2014 09:52 | Nepa | Updated [Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 31-Aug-2014 14:20 | INV | Updated [Location, ] |
| 22-Jul-2015 10:36 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, ] |
| 26-Feb-2016 17:26 | Froome | Updated [Departure airport, Source, ] |
| 06-Apr-2016 09:19 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 18-Jun-2016 16:22 | TB | Updated [Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Oct-2018 09:37 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 14-Sep-2021 10:35 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Nature, Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 14-Sep-2021 10:36 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 07-Jan-2022 19:24 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator, ] |
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