ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50174
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| Date: | Friday 8 September 1944 |
| Time: | 23:40 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 418 (City of Edmonton) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HX811 |
| MSN: | TH-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Limmer polder at Limmen, Noord-Holland. -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hartford Bridge, Hampshire |
Mosquito HX811: Took off at 22:40 hrs for an intruder operation against Vechta airfield (G). 08/09/1944
The aircraft was hit by Flak of a Vorpostenboot. Crashed at 23:40 hrs.
Crew:
F/O (C/1420) Warren Robert ZELLER (pilot) RCAF - killed
F/O (154.642) Herbert Reginald TRIBBECK (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Imperial War Museums has a photograph of this aircraft having sustained damage from the resulting explosion after it shot down a flying bomb. Sadly no further details as to date, crew etc are given, See source 5.
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. ORB 418 Sqdn RCAF
3. https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs
4. http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RAF_owned_HK100.html
5. https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205210865
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-Dec-2009 00:15 | NePa | Updated |
| 24-Nov-2011 14:41 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Jan-2012 09:13 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 20-Oct-2012 11:37 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Nov-2012 03:55 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Jan-2013 12:16 | P. Van der Steen | Updated [[Location, Source, Narrative]] |
| 12-Jun-2014 16:12 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 13-Feb-2015 20:36 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 13-Feb-2015 20:50 | Pete van der Steen | Updated [Departure airport] |
| 25-Aug-2015 07:54 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 18-Oct-2015 16:30 | Lotos | Updated [Cn] |
| 18-Oct-2015 16:32 | Lotos | Updated [Cn, Source] |
| 18-Mar-2019 19:56 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 08-Mar-2021 15:33 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Mar-2021 11:53 | Don Diego | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 06-Jan-2022 19:22 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 12-Jun-2023 18:56 | Richard | Updated [[Source, Narrative, Operator]] |
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