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Re: Mosquito MkXVIII Tsetse
Our friend Geoffrey Sinclair offers the following. I never looked at that site myself.
I need to check out the 18th one...
http://airhistory.org.uk/Mosquito/production.html says 18 XVIII and they
were all FBVI >XVIII conversions,
HJ732 AAEE 12-6-43 DeH mods 24-6-43 AAEE 1-7-43 DeH riw 19-8-43 10MU
24-7-45 SOC 31-5-46
HX902 AAEE 5-9-43 248Sq 23-10-43 'DM-O' Missing from offensive patrol -
seen to ditch and disintegrate Bay of Biscay CE 4-11-43 SqLdr CF Rose+ |
FSgt S Cowley+
HX903 AAEE 6-10-43 248Sq 3-11-43 'DM-T' 618Sq 27-2-44 248Sq 4-3-44 DeH
riw 15-3-44 248Sq 'I' Collided with HR138 in formation returning from
patrol lost tail and dived into sea off Portreath CE 9-6-44 F/O AL
Bonnett (RCAF)+ | FLt AM McNicol+
HX904 AAEE 6-10-43 248Sq 23-10-43 'DM-E' DeH 23-11-43 248Sq 23-11-43
618Sq 11-12-43 riw 2-1-44 Predannack 10-2-44 248Sq 17-2-44 618Sq 27-2-44
248Sq 4-3-44 AC 10-3-44 ros. Cockpit perspex cracked after firing
6-pounder Banff AC 11-11-44 FLt DJ Turner safe 254Sq 16-3-45 Bircham
Newton 19-3-45 254Sq 29-4-45 Swung on landing u/c collapsed Chivenor
Devon AC 5-7-45 W/O JT Madsen (RNZAF) safe. recat CE 30-7-45
MM424 10MU 12-2-44 248Sq 26-2-44 'H' AC 9-3-44 AC 25-7-44 254Sq 4-3-45
Bircham Newton 9-3-45 254Sq 16-5-45 AC 17-7-45 ros 9MU 28-8-45 SOC rtp
4-11-46
MM425 10MU 2-2-44 248Sq 26-2-44 'L' 618Sq 29-2-44 248Sq 4-3-44 'DM-L' AC
12-7-44 riw 17-10-44 Port prop feathered itself after t/off and stb u/c
would not retract belly landed Banff CE 16-12-44 F/O WG Woodcock safe |
F/O CGJ Vacher safe
NT220 RAE Farnborough 10-5-44 22MU 7-7-49 Sold scrap SB.Lunzer 10-11-50
NT224 248Sq 5-6-44 AC 17-8-44 ros M.Hearn riw 6-11-44 248Sq Port u/c
collapsed Banff AC 13-2-45 FLt JR Keohane safe ros. Bircham Newton
22-3-45 254Sq 16-5-45 9MU 20-8-45 SOC rtp 20-11-46
NT225 248Sq 2-6-44 'DM-O' Missing after combat with Bf109s and Fw190s nr
Gossen 7-12-44 F/O WN Cosman (RCAF)+ | F/O LM Freedman+
PZ251 CCPP 13-7-44 248Sq 21-10-44 'DM-I' Missing from shipping recce
Askvoll - Utsira CE 21-10-44 F/O RS Driscoll+ | F/O TA Hannant+
PZ252 CCPP 13-7-44 248Sq 25-8-44 254Sq 16-3-45 AC 30-4-45 ros 9MU
23-8-45 SOC rtp 25-11-46
PZ300 CCPP 14-8-44 248Sq 25-8-44 AC 24-10-44 Bircham Newton 16-3-45
254Sq 21-3-45 'QM-A' Port tyre burst landing u/c collapsed North Coates
AC 3-5-45 FLt RA Davis safe. AC 11-5-45 M.Hearn riw 4-6-45 recat CE 3-12-45
PZ301 CCPP Bircham Newton 18-8-44 248Sq 25-8-44 254Sq 16-3-45 'QM-B'
Bounced on landing u/c twisted North Coates AC 5-5-45 FLt RA Davis safe
ros 9MU 3-9-45 SOC rtp 31-12-46
PZ346 CCPP Bircham Newton 5-9-44 248Sq 28-10-44 'DM-Z' Missing during
strike Aalesund harbour crashed into sea off Gossen CE 7-12-44 F/O KC
Wing (RCAF)+ | P/O VR Shield (RAAF)+
PZ467 DeH Hatfield 5-10-44 27MU 12-12-44 Pershore 9-3-45 Dorval 27-4-45
Patuxent River 30-4-45 USN as '91106' to NX66422 N66422 Swung on landing
and u/c collapsed Charlotte NC 27-1-48
PZ468 3504SU 2-11-44 DeH 1-11-44[sic] 248Sq 12-12-44 'QM-D' Bircham
Newton 14-3-45 254Sq 31-3-45 9MU 20-8-45 SOC rtp 26-11-46
PZ469 27MU 4-12-44 AAEE Boscombe Down 27MU 8-8-45 57MU 17-10-45 Sold
scrap SB.Lunzer 7-8-47
PZ470 27MU 14-1-45 SOC 23-7-46
The Ministry of Aircraft Production says 16 built as
1 in Aug-43, 2 in Sep-43, 1 in Jan-44, 1 in Feb-44, 1 in May-44, 1 in
Jun-44, 2 in Jul-44, 3 in Aug-44, 1 in Sep-44, 1 in Oct-44, 1 in Nov-44,
1 in Jan-45
The contract card lists a total of 16, HJ732 (Jun-43), HX903, HX904
(Oct-43), MM424, MM425 (Feb-44), NT224, NT225 (Jun-44), PZ251, PZ252
(Jul-44), PZ300, PZ301 (Aug-44), PZ346 (Sep-44), PZ467 (Oct-44), PZ468
(Nov-44), PZ469 (Dec-44), PZ470 (Jan-45), omitting HX902 (Sep-43 as mark
VI but entry ruled through) and NT220 (May-44 as mark VI)
RAF Serial registers mark XVIII
HJ732 (VI to XVIII, Jun-43), HX902 (Sep 43), HX903, HX904 (Oct-43),
MM424, MM425 (Feb-44), NT224, NT225 (Jun-44), PZ251, PZ252 (Jul-44),
PZ300, PZ301 (Aug-44 but marked conversions), PZ346 (Sep-44 marked
conversion), PZ467, PZ468, PZ469, PZ470 (Oct, Nov, Dec-44, Jan-45
respectively, PZ467 marked conversion), omitting NT220 (mark VI, May-44)
Geoffrey Sinclair
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