Yankee PR Mosquito
Mon Apr 28, 2008 9:00 pm
DH Mosquito "The Spook" 3rd PRG MTO Shot down 1944
(according to the caption)
F-8 Mosquito
Mon Apr 28, 2008 11:55 pm
Gentlemen,
The photo shows de Havilland Mosquito F-8, serial number 43-34926 that was ferried over the north Atlantic to the UK and then to the MTO by Major James Setchell and Capt. Jerome C. Alexander, his navigator. Major Setchell received a DFC award for flying an F-8 at low altitude on 16 and 17 Jamuary 1944 "through accurate intense flak with repeated hits on his aircraft to successfully complete a PR Mission."
Previous published reports of Major Setchell being shot down in an F-8 is incorrect. According to his son, this officer was shot down while flying an F-5 Lightning over Italy.
Norman Malayney
The photo shows de Havilland Mosquito F-8, serial number 43-34926 that was ferried over the north Atlantic to the UK and then to the MTO by Major James Setchell and Capt. Jerome C. Alexander, his navigator. Major Setchell received a DFC award for flying an F-8 at low altitude on 16 and 17 Jamuary 1944 "through accurate intense flak with repeated hits on his aircraft to successfully complete a PR Mission."
Previous published reports of Major Setchell being shot down in an F-8 is incorrect. According to his son, this officer was shot down while flying an F-5 Lightning over Italy.
Norman Malayney