<i>Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945.</i><br>
Severely damaged De Havilland Mosquito FB Mark VI, MM401 'SB-J', of No. 464 Squadron RAAF based at Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, parked at Friston Emergency Landing Ground, Sussex.  The aircraft, flown by Squadron Leader A G Oxlade (pilot) and Flight Lieutenant D M Shanks (navigator), was hit by anti-aircraft fire while attacking a flying-bomb site in the Pas de Calais on 21 February 1944. The port engine was shattered, and the port undercarriage and most of the outer starboard wing was blown off.  Despite the damage, the crew flew MM401 back and crash-landed safely at Friston ELG.  The port engine nacelle is seen here supported by a caterpillar tractor to enable the aircraft to be moved off the runway.  The aircraft was initially categorised as repairable (Category B), but this was changed to a write-off (Category E) after the full extent of the damage became clear.
Royal Air Force official photographer
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