ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 73893
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| Date: | Saturday 30 September 1944 |
| Time: | 22:50 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 23 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HR201 |
| MSN: | YP-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 1 km south of Grassel, Meine, Niedersachsen. -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Little Snoring, Norfolk |
Mosquito HR201/K: Took off at 19:17 hrs for Night Ranger mission to Gardelagen - Brunswick.30/09/1944
Crew had finished patrol (near Elbe canal) when a train was seen - this was attacked, but it responded with light flak. German flak set the port wing afire outboard of the engine and port elevator flapping, at 500 feet.
Flak claims by 3./schw. Flak Abt. 216 (o), 7./schw. Flak Abt. 401 (RAD) and 5./schw. Flak Abt. 232 (o) to the NE of Braunschweig.
Navigator bailed out about 10 miles north of Brunswick, just south of the Elbe canal, attempted to evade but was captured the same night.
The plane crashed 1 km S of Grassel, 11km NNE Braunschweig at 22:50 hrs. Pilot was found in the wreckage.
Crew:
F/Sgt (1349829) George Roant IRVING (pilot) RAFVR - killed
F/Sgt (1540339) George CROSS (nav.) RAFVR - bailed out /POW
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 23 Sqdn RAF
3.George Cross POW diary - a copy held at the Yorkshire Air Museum Elvington
4.Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 August 1942 | DD681 | 23 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Manston, Kent, England |  |
min |
| 12 March 1943 | DD??? | 85 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, England | |
non |
| 24 April 1943 | DD681 | 23 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Luqa |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Apr-2010 10:02 | Nepa | Added |
| 02-Feb-2011 12:03 | ThW | Updated [Registration, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Feb-2011 03:07 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative] |
| 13-Apr-2014 13:02 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Jun-2014 15:15 | geoffcross | Updated [Embed code] |
| 05-Jul-2014 16:45 | Shout | Updated [Narrative] |
| 18-Aug-2014 10:51 | Paul Cross | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Aug-2015 09:36 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 30-Apr-2019 07:58 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 26-Mar-2021 11:08 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Mar-2021 11:39 | Don Diego | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 30-Aug-2021 22:32 | TB | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 21-Sep-2023 11:35 | Nepa | Updated [[Narrative, Operator]] |
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