ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144304
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| Date: | Wednesday 28 March 1945 |
| Time: | 21:40 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XVI |
| Owner/operator: | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MM131 |
| MSN: | XD-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | north of Brandenburg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire |
Mosquito MM131/J: Took off at 19:12 hrs for mission to Berlin. 28/03/1945
Shoot down by a Me.262 jet nightfighter Ofw Karl-heinz Becker, in 10./ NJG11.
The Mosquito MM131 passed within 200 feet of nose his Me262. Hun he immediately engaged and set its number two engine on fire. The Mosquito was hit without warning and went into an uncontrollable spiralling descent. The pilot, gave the signal to bail out. The lower hatch, the normal emergency escape, was jammed and I motioned him to go out the upper hatch above his head. He did; I never saw him again. I followed, hesitating momentarily on the edge before sliding backwards off the wing. Much sooner than I expected I was on the ground, unhurt, in an open field. Crashed north of Brandenburg.
Crew:
F/Lt (190755) Andre Anton Jan Van AMSTERDAM DFC (pilot) RAFVR: killed
S/Ldr (J/4786) Homer Ashmore FORBES DFC (nav.) RCAF: Bailed out /POW
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.rafupwood.co.uk/139lossesin1944.htm
3.ORB 139 Sqdn RAF
4.CWGC
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 March 1943 | DZ469 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 2 | 45 km north of Bayeux, Calvados, Lower Normandy. |  |
w/o |
| 28 July 1943 | DZ458 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 0 | Gasthuisstraat, Veghel, Noord-Brabant. |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Mar-2012 05:05 | Nepa | Added |
| 24-Aug-2015 16:29 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 01-Mar-2016 17:07 | Charlie Harper | Updated [Cn, Narrative] |
| 04-Jun-2016 18:08 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Source] |
| 06-May-2019 15:47 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 29-Sep-2021 17:59 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Aug-2022 17:42 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
| 10-May-2023 09:22 | Nepa | Updated [[Narrative]] |
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