ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49752
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| Date: | Saturday 7 October 1944 |
| Time: | 17:29 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk XVII |
| Owner/operator: | 25 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HK256 |
| MSN: | ZK-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Westerschelde off Vlissingen, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coltishall, Norfolk |
Mosquito HK256: Take off for Recco mission to Vlissingen. Missing. 07/10/1944.
Mosquito HR256 was hit by light Flak of the Marine-Flak-Abteilung 810 based at Vlissingen.
Hit by at 17:29 hrs and then the machine crashed in the Westerschelde. 7.10.1944
Crew:
F/O (145.687) Jack Stuart HENDERSON (pilot) RAFVR - killed
F/O (156.605) Ronald Alfred NICHOLLS (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 25 Sqdn RAF
3.https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4495
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 November 1942 | DD755 | 25 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Church Fenton, North Yorkshire, England |  |
non |
| 16 November 1942 | DD757 | 25 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Church Fenton, North Yorkshire, England | |
min |
| 17 November 1942 | DD752 | 25 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Church Fenton, North Yorkshire, England | |
min |
| 19 November 1942 | HJ912 | 25 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Church Fenton, North Yorkshire, England | |
min |
| 23 November 1942 | DD750 | 25 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Church Fenton, North Yorkshire, England | |
min |
| 26 November 1942 | DD733 | 25 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Church Fenton, North Yorkshire, England | |
min |
| 13 December 1942 | HJ920 | 25 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Church Fenton, North Yorkshire, England | |
min |
| 20 December 1942 | DD733 | 25 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Church Fenton, North Yorkshire, England | |
min |
| 22 December 1942 | DD733 | 25 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Church Fenton, North Yorkshire, England | |
min |
| 20 October 1943 | DZ689 | 25 Sqn RAF | 1 | Sneekermeer, Goëngarijpster Poelen, Goingarijp, Friesland | |
w/o |
| 13 June 1944 | HK288 | 25 Sqn RAF | 2 | Voorsterweg road, Empe, Gelderland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-Dec-2009 02:09 | NePa | Updated |
| 18-Feb-2010 10:27 | NePa | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 13-Nov-2010 04:33 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Apr-2014 17:42 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Aug-2015 17:33 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 21-Mar-2019 09:48 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Oct-2019 17:06 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Oct-2019 16:36 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 31-Aug-2021 20:21 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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