ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 141514
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| Date: | Saturday 16 September 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk XIX |
| Owner/operator: | 157 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | TA396 |
| MSN: | RS-W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Missing - North Sea -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Swannington, Norfolk |
Mosquito TA396: Took off at 23:50 hrs for a high-level patrol in the Kiel area. 15/09/1944
They did not return and were posted as 'missing' from night intruder mission. 16/09/1944
A rubber dinghy was spotted in the sea on their route. The next morning three 'mossies' from his squadron took off from RAF Swannington and made a prolonged 'sweep' of the area, but with no success.
What happened on that flight nobody will ever know. Plane and crew were lost without trace
Possible claim by Lt Kurt Welter 10/JG300 - Haldensleben-Braunschweig area (GC-GB): 8,500m at 02:30. Claim listed in OKL/RLM 10/JG300. Confirmed Abschussubersicht. Probably still awaiting
adjudication at the end of the war.
Crew:-
Pilot: 39652 Sqn Ldr John Harry MacKellar Chisholm - Runnymede Memorial Panel 200.
Navigator: 121479 Flt Lt Eric Lawless Wilde - Runnymede Memorial Panel 204. (NCO:656401 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 02 June, 1942)
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. http://www.swannington-norfolk.co.uk/index-page16.html
3. Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 Part 4 - Theo Boiten
4. CWGC
5. Bomber Command Losses 1944 - W R Chorley
6. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 September 1944 | MM676 | 157 Sqn RAF | 0 | Hayden, 5 miles north of RAF stn Swannington, Norfolk, England | |
min |
| 6 December 1944 | MM676 | 157 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Swannington, 9.5 miles NW of Norwich, Norfolk, England | |
non |
| 2 April 1945 | MV551 | 157 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Swannington, Norfolk, England. | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jan-2012 12:22 | Nepa | Added |
| 27-Jun-2012 13:06 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport] |
| 01-Oct-2012 06:50 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Jun-2014 12:58 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 13-Oct-2014 19:11 | Erectus | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 26-Aug-2015 09:57 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 19-Oct-2015 17:56 | Rata | Updated [Time, Cn] |
| 17-Mar-2019 11:03 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator] |
| 11-Oct-2021 21:43 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 27-Jan-2022 22:02 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Narrative, Operator] |
| 13-Oct-2022 10:26 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Aug-2023 14:09 | Anon. | Updated [[Source, Narrative]] |
| 15-Sep-2023 06:59 | Rob Davis | Updated [[[Source, Narrative]]] |
| 25-Oct-2023 11:32 | Nepa | Updated [[[[Source, Narrative]]]] |
| 21-Nov-2023 10:23 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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