ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 165287
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| Date: | 02-OCT-1944 |
| Time: | 11:15 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk XVI |
| Owner/operator: | 140 Squadron Royal Air Force (140 Sqn RAF) |
| Registration: | NS523 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Leuven, Flemish Brabant. -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.58 Melsbroek/Brussels (B) |
Mosquito NS523: Shot down by P-47 on PR mission near Louvain. 02/10/1944
Took off at 08:15 hrs from Melsbroeck, on a sortie to Krefield - Duisberg. However, I don’t know if it was the outbound or inbound stage of the sortie, the aircraft was intercepted according to the ORB by a P-47 of IX USAAF, shooting it down near Louvain (French name for Leuven), Belgium.
Crew:
S/Ldr (76588) Charles Douglas Nye LONGLEY (pilot) RAF - killed
F/Sgt (1621012) John Tildsley TAYLOR (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.jshawmsc.f2s.com/140squadron.pdf
4.ORB 140 Sqdn RAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Apr-2014 09:10 | Nepa | Added |
| 08-Apr-2014 09:13 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative] |
| 01-Aug-2014 10:48 | Anon. | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 29-Aug-2015 14:16 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 06-Sep-2018 09:39 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 29-Jan-2019 17:10 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Operator] |
| 28-Sep-2019 14:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location] |
| 29-Oct-2019 16:18 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 06-Oct-2021 20:41 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 23-Oct-2022 22:12 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Operator] |
| 06-Nov-2022 00:00 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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