ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 165075
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| Date: | Monday 18 December 1944 |
| Time: | 22:39 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk 30 |
| Owner/operator: | 85 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MV549 |
| MSN: | VY-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 2-3 km north of Düsseldorf airfield, Nordrhein-Westfalen. -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Swannington, Norfolk |
Mosquito MV549/T : Took off at 19:45 hrs for a night intruder mission heading for Ruhr. 18/12/1944
The aircraft intercepted Bf 110 G-4 G9+CC of Stab II./NJG 1 and fired on it. Due to excess speed however, the Mossie collided with the Messerschmitt. The German pilot Haupt. Breves noted afterwards: "The Mosquito rose up directly in front of my aircraft, went into a roll to starboard and went down almost vertically at 22:39 hrs (aircraft behaved as if it were going into a spin). There was no fire."
Crew:
F/O (169425) Desmond Trevor TULL DFC (pilot) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1333455 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 08 February, 1944)
F/O (169485) Peter James COWGILL DFC (nav.) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1577147 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 01 February, 1944)
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.swannington-norfolk.co.uk/index-page6.html
3. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 November 1942 | DD??? | 85 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, England |  |
min |
| 1 February 1946 | NT324 | 85 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex, England | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Mar-2014 13:51 | Nepa | Added |
| 29-Aug-2014 09:15 | Don Diego | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 09-Sep-2015 08:03 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 19-Oct-2015 18:36 | Rata | Updated [Cn] |
| 09-Feb-2019 19:25 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 02-Aug-2021 17:27 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Aug-2021 17:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Aug-2021 11:21 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 03-Sep-2021 14:07 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source] |
| 09-Jan-2022 20:13 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 30-Apr-2022 17:53 | Anon. | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative] |
| 17-Jun-2022 22:04 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 02-Aug-2022 09:42 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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