ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50143
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| Date: | Tuesday 12 September 1944 |
| Time: | 23:00 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 487 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NT180 |
| MSN: | EG-Y |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Westerschelde estuary off Breskens, Zeeland. -
 Netherlands
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Sculthorpe, Norfolk |
Mosquito NT180/Y: Took off at 21:10 hrs for an anti-shipping operation in the Zeeland area. 12/09/1944
During the night of 12/13.09.1944, 44 Mosquitoes operated in the Scheldt area, attacking ferries and roads near Breskens, Vlissingen, Terneuzen and Ellewoutsdijk. Aircraft crashed at 23:00hrs.12/09/1944
Crew:
F/O (170121) David Crawford LINDSAY (pilot) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1314230, Commission Gazetted 22nd February 1944)
Sgt (1549494 ) George BARNES (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.ORB 487 Sqdn RNZAF
3.https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4020.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 October 1943 | HX937 | 487 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 2 | Wittingstraat, Stekene, East Flanders. |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-Dec-2009 00:20 | NePa | Updated |
| 15-Mar-2010 07:14 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 25-Mar-2010 11:30 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 02-May-2010 01:50 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-May-2010 01:52 | angels one five | Updated [Source] |
| 07-Aug-2010 08:35 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 13-Nov-2010 05:12 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Mar-2011 02:37 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Apr-2014 19:16 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 03-Aug-2014 13:01 | Komes123 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 23-Aug-2015 07:37 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Narrative] |
| 18-Mar-2019 19:59 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 08-Mar-2021 16:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Mar-2021 11:57 | Don Diego | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 11-Nov-2021 15:58 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 21-Sep-2022 17:11 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Operator] |
| 24-Oct-2023 12:08 | Nepa | Updated [[Source, Operator]] |
| 13-Mar-2024 09:27 | Antonio | Updated [Narrative] |
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