ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70782
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| Date: | Monday 10 August 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 151 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DD623 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Missing - North Sea -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wittering, Cambridgeshire |
Mosquito DD623: Took off at 23:24 hrs for night interception mission. 09/08/1942
Crew were on standing patrol and were vectored onto an enemy aircraft which was returning to its base. R/T contact was lost when Mosquito were about 50 miles out to North sea. This was the last that was heard of them. In a search, wreckage of the aircraft was found roughly in the same position where R/T contact was lost. Crashed into sea, during combat. over Norfolk coast in the morning. 10/08/1942
Crew:
P/O (114.644) John Alwyne WAIN (pilot) RAFVR - killed
Sgt (1066320) Thomas Steel Greenshields GRIEVE (obs) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 151 Sqdn RAF
3.AIR81/16795
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Dec-2009 02:44 | NePa | Added |
| 05-Feb-2012 13:47 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Sep-2012 06:23 | TriciaSalis | Updated [Narrative] |
| 19-Mar-2013 05:49 | Nepa | Updated [Phase, Narrative] |
| 27-May-2014 15:32 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 16-Jun-2014 09:23 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative] |
| 22-Jul-2015 09:18 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Apr-2016 10:17 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative] |
| 06-Aug-2018 14:33 | harro | Updated [Operator] |
| 07-Sep-2018 08:08 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 04-Dec-2018 19:09 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 20-Sep-2021 20:12 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 27-Jul-2022 21:23 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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