ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 165069
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| Date: | Friday 29 September 1944 |
| Time: | 11:45 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk XIX |
| Owner/operator: | 157 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MM643 |
| MSN: | RS-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 12 miles east of Lowestoft, Suffolk, England. -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Swannington, Norfolk |
Mosquito MM643/F: Took off at 08:00 hrs. for Air Sea Rescue. 29/09/1944
Shot down by Bf109 on ASR search 12miles east of Lowestoft at 11:45 hrs.
Crew:
F/Lt (127932) Sidney Arthur WADDINGTON (pilot) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1336920 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 27 October, 1942)
F/O (152644) Edward Henry LOMAS (nav.) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1474139 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 12 October, 1943)
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 157 Sqdn RAF
3.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 February 1945 | TA402 | 157 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Swannington, Norfolk, England | |
non |
| 7 February 1945 | TA402 | 157 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Swannington, Norfolk, England | |
non |
| 15 February 1945 | TA402 | 157 Sqn RAF | 1 | English Channel near Cherbourg, Normandy. |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Mar-2014 11:14 | Nepa | Added |
| 20-Sep-2014 08:08 | Zoom | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 26-Aug-2015 11:01 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
| 19-Oct-2015 18:03 | Rata | Updated [Time, Cn, Location] |
| 17-Mar-2019 11:01 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 30-Apr-2019 07:57 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 10-Sep-2021 20:45 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 23-Jul-2022 12:20 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Narrative, Operator] |
| 31-Jul-2022 17:37 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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