Mark Harmsworth Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 I have been looking for the code letters of 68 squadron Mosquito Mk XIX MM679 from July 1944 but have drawn a blank so far. I have a bit of a personal interest in this particular plane. I've seen others raising similar questions about Mossies so maybe I'm out of luck. But if anyone can help I'd be thrilled. thanks Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beefy Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 This link might help https://fcafa.com/2013/03/28/mosquitos/ Squadron Codes are WM History of MM679 https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=15814 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerbob Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Well, the ORB isn't any help- no references to individual letter, which is all too common. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Harmsworth Posted February 16, 2019 Author Share Posted February 16, 2019 2 hours ago, Beefy said: This link might help https://fcafa.com/2013/03/28/mosquitos/ Squadron Codes are WM History of MM679 https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=15814 Thanks. Unfortunately it looks like MM679 wasn't flown by any of the Czech crew in the squadron so doesn't appear in the first link and I'm not sure about that accident report in the second link saying it was destroyed in a V1 explosion as the ORB states they were given another vector after reporting that a V1 had exploded. There was no communication after that. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Harmsworth Posted February 16, 2019 Author Share Posted February 16, 2019 18 minutes ago, gingerbob said: Well, the ORB isn't any help- no references to individual letter, which is all too common. I know but at least it does give the serial number and that its a Mk XIX. Its interesting to see how filling in those ORBs varied so much between squadrons and by month as well (which probably means by author). The July, August and September ORBs for 1944 all show serials but those for October, November and December dont Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beefy Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98 prodn list.txt Shows that it was attached/ part of 68 SQN MM679 NFXIX 68 Missing on anti-flying bomb patrol 25.7.44 . This is about the crash https://blitzwalkers.blogspot.com/2017/01/ http://aircrewremembered.com/kemp-frederick-john.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tail-Dragon Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Here's a photo I found on a 68 Sqdn website - it is a MM6** serial, of course the last digits are obscured. The web site is https://raf68squadron.wordpress.com/ I've found that their callsign was 'Ferro 19' - there is a nice write up on this sight http://aircrewremembered.com/kemp-frederick-john.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Harmsworth Posted February 21, 2019 Author Share Posted February 21, 2019 Thanks for the help everyone. It looks like this is going to stay on my to do list for a while. I'll come to the build later in the year and I'll probably leave the individual code letter as a blank space and just show the squadron code of 'WM'. thanks again Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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