ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 165363
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| Date: | Wednesday 21 February 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 418 (City of Edmonton) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | PZ397 |
| MSN: | TH-X |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 450 yards from the depot of Nieuwe Schans, 27 miles E of Groningen. -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hartford Bridge, Hampshire |
Mosquito PZ397/X: Took off at 11:17 hrs for a daylight patrol over Zvolle - Osnabruck. 21/02/1945
Shot down by flak during massed squadron daylight raid. Hit by flak at low altitude over canals on RTB while already damaged and flying on a single engine. Hydraulics were damaged causing landing gear to drop further reducing airspeed. Pilot saw a plowed field straight ahead and made a belly landing. It turned out that they were shot down by a group of "Hitlerjugend"
Crew:
W/Cdr (C/855) John Cameron WICKETT (CO. pilot) RCAF - PoW
F/O (165.086) Wilfred JESSOP (nav.) RAFVR - PoW
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. http://farnborough.proboards.com/thread/13602/raf-hartford-bridge
3. ORB 418 Sqdn RCAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 June 1943 | HJ764 | 418 (City of Edmonton) Sqn RCAF | 0 | RAF stn Ford, West Sussex, England |  |
min |
| 30 June 1943 | HJ758 | 418 (City of Edmonton) Sqn RCAF | 0 | RAF stn Ford, West Sussex, England. | |
min |
| 2 November 1944 | HR155 | 418 (City of Edmonton) Sqn RCAF | 0 | 1 mile west of Apen, district of Ammerland, Niedersachsen. |  |
min |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Apr-2014 15:20 | Nepa | Added |
| 04-May-2014 14:21 | Nepa | Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative] |
| 06-Jun-2014 16:35 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative] |
| 08-Aug-2014 09:37 | Froome | Updated [Narrative] |
| 08-Aug-2014 09:38 | Tailor | Updated [Narrative] |
| 14-Aug-2015 12:46 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 18-Mar-2019 20:41 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 24-Feb-2020 16:39 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Source, Operator] |
| 04-Sep-2020 10:10 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 13-Mar-2021 21:43 | tachel | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Mar-2021 19:57 | Don Diego | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 12-Nov-2021 11:35 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Jul-2022 09:16 | Nepa | Updated [Date, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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