Foto: Kent Karlsen
af model af et af de to Mosquito-fly med kamera fra
angrebet på Shellhuset.
Model af De Havilland
Mosquito DH 98 Mosquito B Mk IV Series II - DZ414
'O' Orange december
1944 (RAF Film Production Unit - FPU),
Målestok 1:32 - Længde 13,57 m
- 42,5 cm Vingefang 16,52 m - 51,5 cm
Bygget af Kent Karlsen 2017. Dette
er hvad han har fundet om dette flys historie:
"DZ414 blev håndplukket på Hatfield Aerodrome (De Havilland fabrikkerne)
den 22. december 1942 af F/Lt C.E.S. Patterson til brug for FPU (RAF Film
Production Unit).
Han fløj med DZ414 de 32.000 ud af de tilsammen 38.600 kilometer maskinen
fløj. Herunder ved sin debut under operationen til L’Orient den 14. Februar
1943, der blev fløjet i kølvandet på et raid aftenen før med 466 bombefly.
Det deltog i et nat bombeangreb mod Berlin den 20/21 April 1943
(udførtes
for at falde sammen med Hitlers fødselsdag), DZ414 blev svært
beskadiget af flak i dette angreb. Det deltog i angrebene på Torino og
Nürnberg, og på en langtrækkende operation til Jena den 27. maj. Det anden
‘B’ på næsen er for Berlin operationen den 13/14 maj 1943. Mens DZ414 var en
del af 2. TAF, deltog det i mange bemærkelsesværdige operationer, herunder
14 operationer mod de tyske
V-1 flyvende bomber,
fløjet af F/Lt Vic Hester af 613 SQN, sammen med kameramanden, F/O Oakley,
mellem 19-25. Juni 1944.
Flyet deltog også i raidet mod Amiens
fængslet den 18. februar 1944, denne gang fløjet af pilot F/Lt Tony Wickham.
Under operationen cirklede flyet tre gange over det brændende fængsel for at
Plt Off Leigh Howard kunne filme angrebet. 255 af de 700 fanger slap fri
gennem de sønderbombede fængsels-mure. Den 31. oktober deltog DZ414 i
angrebet på
Gestapos hovedkvarter i
Aarhus, hvorunder det filmede angrebet på
Aarhus Universitets bygninger. (Navne på pilot og kameramand mangler) Endelig den 21.
marts 1945 blev DZ414 fløjet af F/Lt K.L. Greenwood af No 487 SQN. RNZAF,
som en del af den styrke der blev indsat i angrebet på Gestapos hovedkvarter
i København, Shellhuset. F/O E. Moore i FPU filmede den første bølge af
angreb på bygningen. På trods af disse mange bidrag til indsatsen for RAF
under krigen, blev denne veteran maskine uden videre skrottet i oktober
1946."
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 Photo: Kent
Karlsen
of a model of one of the two Mosquitos with cameras from the
Shell House Attack.
Model of De Havilland Mosquito DH 98 Mosquito B Mk IV Series II - DZ414
'O' Orange December 1944 (RAF Film Production Unit - FPU),
Scale 1:32
- Length 13.57 m - 42.5 cm Wingspan 16,52 m - 51,5 cm
Built by Kent
Karlsen 2017. This is what he has found about the history of this plane:
"DZ414 was hand-picked at
Hatfield
Aerodrome (De
Havilland factories) on 22 December 1942 by F/Lt C.E.S. Patterson for
the FPU (RAF
Film Production Unit).
He flew with DZ414 32.000 kilometres out of the total 38.600 kilometres this
plane flew. That includes its debut during the operation to L’Orient on 14
February 1943, which was flown in the wake of a raid the previous night with
466 bombers. It participated in a nightly bombing raid on Berlin on 20/21
April 1943 (carried out to coincide with Hitler's birthday). During this
attack DZ414 was severely damaged by flak. It participated in the raids on
Torino and Nürnburg, and on a long range operation to
Jena on 27 May. The second
'B' on its nose is for the Berlin raid on 13/14 May 1943. While DZ414 was a
part of 2. TAF it participated in many remarkable operations against the
German V-1
flying bombs, flown by F/Lt Vic Hester of
613 SQN
together with camera man F/O Off Oakley between 19 and 25 June 1944.
The plane also participated in the
raid on the prison of Amiens on 18 February 1944, this time flown by
F/Lt Tony Wickham. During the operation the plane circled three times over
the burning prison to enable P/O Leigh Howard to film the attack. 255 of the
700 prisoners escaped through the walls of the prison that had been bombed
to pieces. On 31 October DZ414 participated in the attack on the
Gestapo HQ in Aarhus, where it filmed the attack on the buildings of
Aarhus University. (Names of pilot and camera man missing) Finally, on 21 March 1945
DZ414 was piloted by F/Lt K.L. Greenwood of
No 487
Squadron RNZAF, as a part of the force deployed for the attack on the
Gestapo HQ in
Copenhagen, the Shell House. F/O E. Moore of the FPU filmed the
first wave of attack on the building. In spite of these many contributions
to the efforts of the RAF during the war, this vintage plane was scrapped
without further ado in October 1946."
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