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Old 12th March 2009, 22:04
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Re: Crew of Mosquito PRI serial W4056 - info required

A tiny bit of more info here:
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Old 12th March 2009, 22:06
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Re: Crew of Mosquito PRI serial W4056 - info required

W4056 objective stated only as Trondheim
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Re: Crew of Mosquito PRI serial W4056 - info required

Flyvrak, thanks for remembering me of this amazing site, which seems to be yours! Fantastic work of Archeology one must admit!
Andy, thanks for pointing me to Trondheim again.
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Re: Crew of Mosquito PRI serial W4056 - info required

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Originally Posted by Henk Welting View Post
Unfortunately no initials and both airmen - who became PoWs - very common names so hardly to find a match in the PoW administration. Pilot was P/O HUTCHESON and Nav P/O ALLEN. They may have been shot down by a Bf 109E of I./JG5 (perhaps Kurt Dombacher). They forcelanded their Mosquito at Beian Grande near airstrip Örland (Örlandet). Before they crashlanded they probably shot down Adolf Pürzl - Bf109 of 8./JG5.
All from an unknown source but perhaps a start for further research.
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Sorry Henk, should have resonded earlier, pilot was Iain Hutchinson:

http://www.thisisdorset.net/mostpopu...es_aged_88.php

Edit - info I have on the lost 109 is: "One of those fighters was hit by parts from the british plane, the pilot baled out, but drowned. Before the Mosquito have to emergency land, they shoot down one Bf 109 F4 werk.no.7207 Yellow 2 from 8./JG5 Pilot Adolf Pürzl was kill.The Bf 109 chased in PQ 9444/06ost. (http://f16.parsimony.net/forum28300/messages/3585.htm) "
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