ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144234
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| Date: | Friday 14 January 1944 |
| Time: | 05:36 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 109 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DZ440 |
| MSN: | HS-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mehr, Kranenburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen. -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
Mosquito DZ440/F: Take off at 03:25 hrs for a Bombing operation to Essen. 14/01/1944
The plane was shot down from 26.000 feet by night fighter pilot Obr.Lt. D.Schmidt of the 8./NJG 1, who was flying a specially adapted Bf 110 G-4, coded G9+FS, from Twente airfield (NL). Crashed at Landwehr 05:36 hrs.
Crew:
P/O (143662) Peter Yeoman STEAD DFC (pilot) RAFVR: Ok /POW (NCO:1059712 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 25 May, 1943)
W/O (910709) Adam Herd FLETT DFM (obs) RAFVR: killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 109 Sqdn RAF
3.POW list
4.CWGC
5.http://www.156squadron.com/display_newpff_roll.asp?
6.Global Losses Database (Henk Welting) Database
7.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Mar-2012 01:11 | Nepa | Added |
| 14-Jul-2014 13:00 | Rata | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 04-Aug-2015 20:59 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 04-Sep-2018 10:17 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 27-Sep-2018 16:21 | Steadm | Updated [Location] |
| 04-Feb-2019 19:55 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Operator] |
| 04-Feb-2019 19:57 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 30-Nov-2019 20:39 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 28-Aug-2021 10:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 30-Aug-2021 21:27 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Operator] |
| 24-Oct-2021 18:32 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 22-Nov-2021 18:43 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 29-Jul-2022 10:17 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Jul-2022 10:04 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Aug-2022 17:18 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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