ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50438
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| Date: | Sunday 28 May 1944 |
| Time: | 03:30 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 515 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NS931 |
| MSN: | 3P-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Leeuwarden airfield, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Little Snoring, Norfolk |
Mosquito NS931/U: Took off at 01:55 hrs for a bomber support sortie over Leeuwarden. 28/05/1944
It was hit by Flak and came down on Leeuwarden airfield at 03:30 hrs.
Crew:
F/O (133357) David Kay FOSTER (pilot) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1268893 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 08 December, 1942)
F/O (153190) Robert Stanley LING (nav.) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1397231 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 26 October, 1943)
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. ORB 515 Sqdn RAF
3. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 13-Nov-2009 06:14 | NePa | Updated |
| 01-May-2012 07:56 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 29-Jul-2012 14:17 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Jun-2014 07:29 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Jul-2015 19:19 | DG333 | Updated [Phase, Narrative] |
| 13-Aug-2015 18:39 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 20-Dec-2018 20:21 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 02-Oct-2020 09:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2020 22:23 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 28-Mar-2021 16:27 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Source, Operator] |
| 31-May-2021 19:39 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities] |
| 05-Sep-2021 22:43 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 06-Jan-2022 17:35 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Narrative, Operator] |
| 13-Jun-2022 22:36 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 18-Jun-2022 17:45 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 28-Jun-2022 22:06 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 29-Jul-2022 19:57 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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