ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 72466
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| Date: | Thursday 23 September 1943 |
| Time: | 00:00 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 605 (County of Warwick) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HJ790 |
| MSN: | UP-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Metjendorf, Wiefelstede, Niedersachsen. -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Castle Camps, Essex |
Mosquito HJ790/R: Took off at 21:00 hrs for a intruder operation over Ardorf. 23/09/1943
The aircraft was shot down from an altitude of 200 metres, by Oberfeldwebel Lodega Fleischmann of the 7./JG 300, flying a Bf 109 G-6 from Oldenburg airfield.
Crew:
F/O (126.951) Kenneth Fraser DACRE DFC (pilot) RAFVR - killed
Sgt (1535200) Sidney Rowland DIDSBURY DFM (obs) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1-http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 605 Sqdn RAF
3.http://ww2.dk/air/jagd/jg300.htm
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HJ790
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 February 1944 | HX968 | 605 (County of Warwick) Sqn RAF | 2 | near Cherbourg, Manche, Lower Normandy. |  |
w/o |
| 7 April 1944 | NS875 | 605 (County of Warwick) Sqn RAF | 2 | 4 km off Uttwil into Bodensee. |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Feb-2010 10:48 | NePa | Added |
| 15-Nov-2011 13:26 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jan-2012 06:53 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 25-Jun-2014 16:15 | Next | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 02-Aug-2015 19:21 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 21-Sep-2018 06:41 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Sep-2018 17:51 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 25-Jun-2021 17:43 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Jun-2021 18:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 30-Aug-2021 17:24 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Jan-2022 21:36 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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