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192 Squadron RAF (Dare to discover) RAF Foulsham. Mosquito IV aircraft DK 292 DT-J was tasked with a radio-counter measure, bomber-support role for an operation against targets in Munich, Germany. Pilot, Flying Officer Jack Glen Millan Fisher (RCAF) attempted a crash-landing at Vassonville on a beach north of Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France but struck a mine and exploded. Both Fisher and his navigator, Flight Lieutenant Henry Victor Alexander Vinnell (RAFVR) were killed in action. Any recovery attempt would have been hazardous due to additional mines on the beach. The cause of the beach landing was never determined because the aircraft wreckage and crew remains were later washed out to sea and lost. Neither crew member have a known grave and both are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database
This aircraft, then with 105 Squadron RAF, was used 1942-08-05 on the first Mosquito trial flight for a high-speed transport service operated by British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) between Leuchars, Scotland and Bromma in neutral Sweden from 1942-12-15 to 1945-05-17. This service was referred to as the "Leuchars-Brommma Service" or the "Ball-Bearing Run", transporting high-value cargoes from war materials such as ball bearings to important people such as nuclear physicist Niels Bohr
