ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52662
Last updated: 19 May 2013
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| Date: | 29-JUL-1942 |
| Time: | 01:10 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Mosquito NF.Mk.II |
| Operator: | 23 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DD677 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Haps -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Ford (Sussex) |
Missing from night intruder, tasked to Eindhoven, took off 23.45 28 July 1942. It appears to have been shot down by a German nightfighter of Oblt. Reinhold Knacke 1./NJG1
Crew:
F/Sgt (1255935) Kenneth John Owen HAWKINS (pilot) RAFVR - killed
Sgt (531027) Eric Charles GREGORY (obs) RAF - killed
Sources:
http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1942% 20sec_tcm5-7283.pdf
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Nov-2009 11:44 | NePa | Updated |
| 16-Dec-2010 14:29 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
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