Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II DD677,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52662
 
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Date:Wednesday 29 July 1942
Time:01:10
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II
Owner/operator:23 Sqn RAF
Registration: DD677
MSN: YP-J
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:De Berkte, Haps, Noord-Brabant. -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Ford, Sussex
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito DD677/J: Took off at 23:45 hrs for night intruder mission, tasked to Eindhoven (NL). 28/07/1942
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Reinhold Knacke & Unteroffizier Kurt Bundrock of the 1./NJG 1, who were flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Venlo airfield.
Crashed in De Berkte, Haps. at 01:10 hrs. 29/07/1942
Crew:
F/Sgt (1255935) Kenneth John Owen HAWKINS (pilot) RAFVR - killed 
Sgt (531027) Eric Charles GREGORY (obs.) RAF - killed 

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 23 Sqdn RAF
3.AIR81/16422

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
26 February 1943 DD795 23 Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn Luqa. non
13 November 1943 HX947 23 Sqn RAF 0 Pomigliano airfield, near Naples, Campania min

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Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
18-Nov-2009 11:44 NePa Updated
16-Dec-2010 14:29 Nepa Updated [Departure airport, Narrative]
05-Mar-2014 18:17 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
06-Jun-2014 21:42 Nepa Updated [Location, Narrative]
24-Jun-2014 15:33 Nepa Updated [Narrative]
22-May-2015 17:13 Iwosh Updated [Departure airport]
22-Jul-2015 09:09 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type]
02-Dec-2015 13:04 Iwosh Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative]
11-Aug-2017 08:46 TigerTimon Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
15-Aug-2017 18:30 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Narrative]
23-Feb-2018 20:20 Red Dragon Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
31-Mar-2018 20:00 harro Updated [Location]
30-Jun-2018 18:25 Nepa Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport]
03-Sep-2018 18:37 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
16-Sep-2018 18:43 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
27-Jan-2019 20:59 Nepa Updated [Location, Operator]
06-May-2019 19:14 Nepa Updated [Location, Operator]
12-May-2020 11:34 TigerTimon Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative]
02-Nov-2020 15:41 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
05-Dec-2020 17:32 Anon. Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Operator]
27-Jul-2021 20:51 TB Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
25-Sep-2021 17:54 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
09-Oct-2021 09:16 Nepa Updated [Departure airport, Operator]
11-Jul-2022 21:11 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
27-Jul-2022 21:41 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]

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