Mustang Mk. III KH818 (QV- ) - The Kattegat Updated: 18 JAN 2023
Airman | Surname | Init | Rank | Service | Sqdn | P_link | Plane | Operation | Crash_site | Crash_d | Buried_d | C_link | At_Next |
e777865.htm | Davidson | J | F/Lt | RAF | 019 | p477.htm | MUS KH818 | Anti ship | The Kattegat | d040545 | e777 | e777.htm | NO KNOWN |
4. maj
1945 (kl. 15.41).
Kattegat, Ø for Randers fjord.
Mustang Mk. III, KH818 (QV- ). 19 FS, 18 Coastal Group, Banff Strike Wing,
Banff, Banffshire.
Banff Strike Wing
skulle den 4. maj atter
på patrulje i Kattegatområdet. 6
Mustang IV fra 19 FS og
12 Mustang IV fra 234 FS
lettede kl. 13.15 sammen med 41
Mosquitoes. 2 Mosquitoes vendte om på grund af
motorproblemer, inden formationen krydsede
den danske kyst ved Lodbjerg (fyr
her) kl.
15.08. Efter angrebet kolliderede Tonic 3, F/Lt. Joseph Davidson, med Tonic 4, P/O Basil Matthew Natta og begge fly styrtede i havet. Begge flyvere forsvandt. Mustang KH860 fra 234 FS
blev på hjemturen ramt af ild fra en tysk flakstilling ved Mariager
fjord, og piloten P/O P. J. W. Bell måtte nødlande ved
Hornum,
4 May
1945 (15.41 hours). The
Kattegat, E of the Randers Fjord.
Mustang Mk. III, KH818 (QV- ). 19 FS, 18 Coastal Group, Banff Strike Wing,
Banff, Banffshire.
On 4 May the
Banff Strike Wing once again were on an anti
shipping patrol in the Kattegat. At 13.15 hours 6
Mustang IV from 19 FS and
12 Mustang IV from 234 FS
took off. 2 Mosquitoes returned due to engine problems before the formation
crossed the coast of Denmark at Lodbjerg (lighthouse
here) at 15.08 hours. After the attack Tonic 3, F/Lt Joseph Davidson and Tonic 4, P/O Basil Matthew Natta collided and both planes crashed into the sea. Both airmen disappeared. On the return flight Mustang KH860 from 234 FS was hit by fire from a German flak battery at the Mariager Fjord, and Pilot P/O P. J. W. Bell had to make a forced landing at Hornum 15 km S of Løgstør. (More details about attacks on German ship are shown at MUS KH860.) This Mustang took off from RAF Bannf. See also No. 19 Squadron RAF * Secret Scotland - RAF Banff * RAF Coastal Command * P-51 Mustang - Photos. |