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Date: | Wednesday 23 February 1944 |
Time: | |
Type: | de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
Owner/operator: | 333 (Norw.) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | HP911 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | distance Jærens Rev-Lista, Rogaland -
Norway
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Leuchars, Fife, Scotland |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Mosquito HP911/L: Took off at 10:55 hrs for a Reconnaissance on the Norwegian coast between Lista and Jærens Rev. 23/02/1944
Missing. Downed by Focke-Wulf FW 190 during reconnaissance outside Egersund.
Crew:
S/Lt. (N.1423) Andreas Hofgaard WYLLER (pilot) RNoAF - killed
Fnr. (N.207) Bård Karl BENJAMINSEN (nav.) RNoAF - killed
Sources:
1.http://forsvaretsmuseer.no/Marinemuseet/Temasider-om-Sjoeforsvaret/MARINENS-FLYVAAPEN-1912-1944
2.DE-HAVILLAND-DH.98-MOSQUITO-MK.II-FB.MK.VI-T.III-1943-44
3.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
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25-Sep-2015 07:32 |
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18-Mar-2019 19:10 |
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