Thursday, November 7, 2019

Mosquito above the clouds

Stuart Howe De Havilland Mosquito, An Illustrated History, Aston Publications 1992

Mosquito B-XVI ML963 above the clouds. This plane flew with several squadrons from March 1944 till it went missing on April 11 1945.

3 comments:

VectorWarbirds said...

571 Squadron Royal Air Force (571 Sqn RAF)
Mosquito ML963 - T/o at 21:37hrs. for mission to Berlin. Missing. Mosquito it was abandoned following an engine fire. 10.4.1945 Crew evaded four days in Germany until liberated.
Both airmen rejoined their Sqn before the end of the month as 22.4.1945.

Mister G said...

Thanks! Good ending to the story.

Mister G said...

And VE day was the 8th of May. They got home just in time to see the end of the war.