ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 164681
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| Date: | Friday 11 August 1944 |
| Time: | 11:45 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 653th (WR) Sqn USAAF |
| Registration: | NS533 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | de Pujaudran, west of Toulouse -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Foggia airfield (Italy) |
Mosquito NS533: Took off on a daylight mission over southern France. 11/08/1944
Misidentified and shot down by a USAAF P-51 of the 357th Fighter Gp at 11:45hrs.
The Mustang pilot and his wingman climbed to engage from 23,000 feet and the Mosquito spun in from 29,000 feet. In the after action reports, both P-51 pilots implied that the twin-engined aircraft was silhouetted against the sun -- the attacking pilot wrote that he did not see any roundels or invasion stripes on the aircraft and after the bogie turned onto his six o'clock and tried to dive away, he considered it to be hostile.
Crash site west of Toulouse, France. 11/08/1944.
Crew:
1/Lt. (O-678309) Ronald Max NICHOLS (pilot) USAAF - killed
2/Lt. (O-865483) Elbert Foster HARRIS (nav.) USAAF - baled out /POW
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=3310
3.http://target42d.free.fr/Eyes/nick.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Mar-2014 19:18 | Nepa | Added |
| 15-Apr-2014 17:02 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 27-Aug-2014 19:34 | Tu144 | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 21-Aug-2015 12:25 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
| 20-Mar-2019 21:13 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 26-Mar-2020 19:26 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator] |
| 28-Jan-2021 20:30 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 29-Oct-2021 18:17 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 29-Oct-2021 18:17 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 21-Nov-2021 19:18 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 19-Dec-2021 17:53 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 23-Dec-2023 19:28 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 11-Feb-2024 11:34 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
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