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Date: | Friday 13 October 1944 |
Time: | |
Type: | de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk XVI |
Owner/operator: | 60 Sqn SAAF |
Registration: | NS656 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Siebenkögerl, about 8,5 km north of Passail in Styria -
Austria
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | San Severo airfield (I) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Mosquito NS656: Took off for Photo Recco mission over central Czechoslovakia. 13/10/1944
The visit list for Mosquito NS656 on 13 Oct 1944 looks like this - P/C/a/3398. Něm.Brod.A/D.- Chrudim A/D.- Skuteč. A/D - P/C/a/3390 - P/C/a/3397.- Leignitz A/D. Leignitz/Schanfeld A/D.- Aslau. A/D. Missing.
Crashed at Siebenkögerl, about 8,5 km north of Passail in Styria, Austria,
Crew:
Lt. (206489V) Daniel Hector SHELDON (pilot) SAAF - killed
F/O (152975) Peter Arthur Kynaston SNELL (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/45116-mosquito-ns656-60-sqdn-saaf-lt-sheldon-po-snell-lost-13-oct-1944/
3.ORB 60 Sqn SAAF
Revision history:
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19-Jan-2013 23:54 |
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16-Apr-2014 16:11 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative] |
29-Aug-2015 18:56 |
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Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
09-Dec-2015 14:46 |
Jimi |
Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
29-Jan-2019 16:15 |
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Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
22-Nov-2021 21:49 |
Nepa |
Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
04-Apr-2024 21:58 |
Nepa |
Updated [Narrative, Operator] |