ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 163856
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| Date: | Friday 25 August 1944 |
| Time: | 19:00 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 107 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NS952 |
| MSN: | OM-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ouroux-sur-Saône, Burgundy. -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lasham, Hampshire |
Mosquito NS952/S: Took off at 16:00hrs for a bombing mission of a munitions train station of Saint Remy. 25/08/1944
At the railway station stood the munition train is adorned with red crosses. The Mosquito bombed the station before being hit by flak over Chalon-sur-Saône (Burgundy - France). Crashed into a Chaussier woods to the hamlet of Colombey, at Ouroux-sur-Saône at 19:00 hrs. 25/08/1944.
Crew:
F/Lt (42262) Anthony John RIPPON DFC (pilot) RAF - killed
Sgt (1396242) Terence Arthur Frank RIDOUT (nav.) RAFVR - baled out be recovered by the Maquis.
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.histavia21.net/HISTAV2/SAONELOIRE.htm
3.http://bbm.org.uk/Rippon.htm
4.ORB 107 Sqdn RAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 May 1944 | NT147 | 107 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Manston, Kent, England |  |
min |
| 6 October 1944 | HR193 | 107 Sqn RAF | 0 | near Schalkhaar, Overijssel. |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Feb-2014 14:58 | Nepa | Added |
| 14-Feb-2014 15:04 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Aug-2014 12:49 | Glock G19 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 02-Oct-2014 14:37 | Thomas Fuk | Updated [Narrative] |
| 16-Aug-2015 10:05 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Narrative] |
| 07-Sep-2018 05:28 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 09-Sep-2021 10:19 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 17-Feb-2022 22:07 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 18-Feb-2022 11:31 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
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