NS569
USAAF Photo.
Chase camera A/C on Anvil mission to V3 long range cannon battery, Mimoyecques, France. Drone A/C explosion flipped NS569 up several hundred feet, knocking out the port engine with debris coming through the nose injuring the observer Lt Daniel J McCarthy, control was regained and the pilot Lt Robert A Tunnel performed an emergency landing at RAF Halesworth. (1 x WIA, 2 x RTD). 12-8-44.
".....'the Baby' [Drone A/C USN PBY-1 #32271 former USAAF B-24J 42-110007] just exploded in mid-air as we neared it and I was knocked halfway back to the cockpit. A few pieces of the Baby came through the plexiglass nose and I got hit in the head and caught a lot of fragments in my right arm. I crawled back to the cockpit and lowered the wheels so that Bob could make a quick emergency landing,' Lt. McCarthy reported from his hospital bed."
Intercepted by Me 262 jets whilst on photo recon mission to Politz Oil Refinery at Stettin, Poland 21/1/45 - crew Lt. Richard Geary[Pilot] and Lt. Mann[Nav]. P-51 escort from 77th FS, 20th FG tangled with thirteen jets in total, no kills, no losses. Mosquito evaded jet with unorthodox maneouvre.
Taxiing accident. USAAF Station 376 former RAF Watton, 4/4/45. John E Murphy (pilot) USAAF. Written Off, Damaged Beyond Repair. Struck Off Charge 18/4/45.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Wing
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-1995871
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 325th Photographic Reconnaissance Wing 25th Bomb Group 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron 654th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator / Observer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 325th Photographic Reconnaissance Wing 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-886174
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Winfarthing
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Holton
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 12 August 1944
Aircraft
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Manufactured |
Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK | 24 March 1944 | Hatfield Built, contract number 555/C.23(a), between 24-3-1944 and 31-12-1944. |
Other Damaged by mid air explosion |
Beccles, Beccles, Suffolk NR34, UK | 12 August 1944 | Chase camera A/C on Anvil* mission to V3 long range cannon battery, Mimoyecques, France. Drone A/C explosion flipped NS569 up several hundred feet, knocking out the port engine with debris coming through the nose injuring the observer, control was regained and an emergency landing affected at RAF Halesworth. (1 x WIA, 2 x RTD). |
Other Intercepted by Me 262 Jets |
Szczecin, Poland | 21 January 1945 | Intercepted by Me 262 jets whilst on photo recon mission to Politz Oil Refinery at Stettin, Poland - crew Lt. Richard Geary[Pilot] and Lt. Mann[Nav]. P-51 escort from 77th FS, 20th FG tangled with thirteen jets in total, no kills, no losses. Mosquito evaded jet with unorthodox manouvre. |
Crashed |
4 April 1945 | Taxiing accident. John E Murphy (pilot) USAAF. USAAF Station 376 former RAF Watton. | |
Other Written Off, DBR |
4 April 1945 | Written Off, Damaged Beyond Repair. | |
Other Struck Off Charge SOC |
18 April 1945 | Struck Off Charge. |
Revisions
http://www.mossie.org/stories/Norman_Malayney_2.htm
Mosquito Photo-Reconnaissance Units of World War 2 by Martin W Bowman.
Norman Malayney, "The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in WWII", Schiffer Publishers Ltd. 2011. pages 96-97.
Norman Malayney, "The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in WWII", Schiffer Publisher Ltd. 2011.
http://www.mossie.org/stories/Norman_Malayney_2.htm
Mosquito Photo-Reconnaissance Units of World War 2 by Martin W Bowman.
Production list / mossie.org / http://www.mossie.org/stories/Norman_Malayney_2.htm