ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 139698
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| Date: | Sunday 25 February 1945 |
| Time: | 22:00 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 305 (Ziemi Wielkopolskiej) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PZ374 |
| MSN: | SM-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Haffen-Mehr, Rees district in North Rhine-Westphalia -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | A.75 Cambrai/ Epinoy (F) |
Mosquito PZ374/H: Took off at 21:20 hrs for night intruder mission. 25/02/1945
Missing. Shot down by flak while attacking M/T in Germany near Haffen-Mehr at 22:00 hrs.
Crew:
F/O (P.2420) Tadeusz Zbigniew LECH (pol. pilot) PAF - Killed
P/O (P.2365) Henryk Tadeusz KACZAN (pol. nav.) PAF - Killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.polishsquadronsremembered.com/
3.ORB 305 Sqdn RAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 February 1944 | NS823 | 305 (Ziemi Wielkopolskiej) Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Lasham, Hampshire, England. |  |
non |
| 3 March 1944 | NS823 | 305 (Ziemi Wielkopolskiej) Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Friston, East Sussex, England. | |
min |
| 9 November 1944 | MM422 | 305 (Ziemi Wielkopolskiej) Sqn RAF | 2 | near Lingen, Ems, Niedersachsen. | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Nov-2011 13:49 | Nepa | Added |
| 12-Feb-2012 03:41 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 01-May-2014 09:32 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 08-Jun-2014 16:52 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Sep-2015 10:32 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 22-Nov-2015 21:16 | Tu160 | Updated [Cn] |
| 29-Jun-2018 06:53 | ehren69 | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 22-Apr-2019 19:11 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator] |
| 30-Nov-2021 15:45 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 16-Mar-2022 22:11 | Nepa | Updated [Date, Time, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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