ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70683
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| Date: | Saturday 16 September 1944 |
| Time: | 02:54 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 515 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PZ184 |
| MSN: | 3P-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 5 km north of Achmer airfield, Bramsche, Niedersachsen. -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Little Snoring, Norfolk |
Mosquito PZ184: Takeoff at 01:22 hrs for a Bomber Support operation; 16/09/1944
Crashed some 5 km north of Achmer airfield.
The Germans reported at that time: 'crashed into ground after being blinded by searchlight, smashed to pieces on impact and burnt’.
Crew:
S/Ldr (41366) Charles Brian BEST DFC (pilot) RAF - killed (Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 10 October, 1939)
F/Sgt (1491703) Harry DICKINSON (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 515 Sqdn RAF
3.Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
4.CWGC
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 April 1944 | NS895 | 515 Sqn RAF | 2 | near Deelen airfield, Gelderland |  |
w/o |
| 1 May 1944 | NS847 | 515 Sqn RAF | 2 | 2 km northeast of Bazel, Kruibeke, East Flanders. |  |
w/o |
| 11 May 1944 | NS932 | 515 Sqn RAF | 2 | Westelijke Kanaaldijk near Wemeldinge, Zeeland. | |
w/o |
| 11 May 1944 | NS929 | 515 Sqn RAF | 2 | Oosterschelde estuary off Kats, Zeeland | |
w/o |
| 13 May 1944 | DZ638 | 692 (Fellowship of the Bellows) Sqn RAF | 2 | sea am Kaiser-Wilhelm-Koog | |
w/o |
| 6 June 1944 | NS950 | 515 Sqn RAF | 2 | Bergse Maas near Dussen and Hank; Noord-Brabant. | |
w/o |
| 28 August 1944 | PZ161 | 515 Sqn RAF | 2 | between the Dalweg and Talmalaan roads at Soest, prov. of Utrecht. | |
w/o |
| 4 September 1944 | PZ163 | 515 Sqn RAF | 0 | Dutch part of the Dollard Bay, Groningen prv. | |
w/o |
| 18 September 1944 | NS962 | 515 Sqn RAF | 2 | Plantlünne airfield, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 21 November 1944 | PZ344 | 515 Sqn RAF | 2 | Walbeck, Geldern, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 19 March 1945 | NS957 | 515 Sqn RAF | 2 | near Ciney, 14 km east-north-east of Dinant, Namur. | |
w/o |
| Mid-air collision | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Dec-2009 08:13 | NePa | Added |
| 24-Nov-2011 14:55 | Nepa | Updated [Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 02-Jan-2012 04:08 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative] |
| 13-Apr-2014 18:46 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 29-Sep-2014 11:48 | Thomas Fuk | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-Aug-2015 09:55 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 30-Apr-2019 07:18 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Sep-2019 17:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source] |
| 29-Oct-2019 09:26 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Operator] |
| 08-Mar-2021 19:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Mar-2021 11:42 | Don Diego | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 30-Aug-2021 21:51 | TB | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 31-Jul-2022 15:34 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Oct-2023 11:56 | Nepa | Updated [[Source, Narrative]] |
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