Part of one of the undercarriage legs,nice condition from RAF Mosquito DZ642, on a raid on the German U-Boat pens in Trondheim in Norway on the 22nd November 1944,crashed in Scotland on its return

This is part of one of the undercarriage legs which is a solid metal structure with spring and a aluminium cover. The undercarriage part still has a lot of original colour and some original black paintwork remains it has ripped and bent by the impact of the crash it is in nice solid condition and has been very well cleaned and is perfect for display or any collection the part is 8 inches long in size. The part comes from RAF Mosquito DZ642 which was on a raid on the German U-Boat pens in Trondheim in Norway on the 22nd November 1944 after the attack the plane made it back to the Shetland islands in Scotland. The part comes with 2x laminated A5 information cards.

In the late hours of November, the 22nd 1944 the Mosquito DZ 642 of the H/627 Squadron on its return from a failed mission on the German U - boat pens in Trondheim, Norway, crashed into the steep Royl Field hill in South Shetland Mainland. The Mosquito was "Marker 3" of three mosquitos that had taken off from Woodhall Spa. Their mission was to mark the target in Trondheim for the Lancasters bombers of 5th group. They had landed in Lossiemouth for refuelling, but in one way or another, the "Marker 3" had not been refueled. When they arrived at target, the Germans had been warned, and the area was covered by a smoke screen. There was nothing to do but return.

Marker 3" had very little fuel left and decided to try to land at Scatsta Airport in Shetland, but they had problems with their radio, and could not communicate with the airport, so the two other mosquitos accompanied it to relay messages. Contact was made with ASR/MCU at Lerwick, who gave them the weather report and a course which would bring it within sight of the Sandra Light at Sumburgh Airport. As soon as DZ642 was within radio range of Sumburgh, the two other planes had to leave it, because they had only fuel enough to reach Peterhead. The last they heard was that Sumburgh warned "Marker 3" about high ground along its route. The VHF reception was very bad, and the last Sumburgh heard from the Mosquito was that it had completed its first leg and was turning 250 degrees.

On the 6th of December, three men, George Mann of Uphouse, Laurence Malcolmson of Culbinsgarth and Adam Adamson of Brind, were driving sheep on Royl Field, when they found the wreck of the mosquito and its two dead crewmen.The fuel tanks of the mosquito were empty when it was found, but we will never know if the reason of the crash was that they ran out of fuel and tried an emergency landing, or they had tried to fly below the clouds and therefore crashed into the hill.