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| Date: | Monday 3 January 1944 |
| Time: | 04:30 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 418 (City of Edmonton) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | LR268 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Schwichteler, Cappeln, Niedersachsen. -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ford, Sussex |
Mosquito LR268: Take off at 03:15 hrs for night intruder mission to Diepholz, Niedersachsen. 03/01/1944
The aircraft was hit by Flak of the 7./schwere Flak-Abteilung 401 (RAD 10/214)
Crashed near Schwichteler, 9 km SE of Cloppenburg, Lower Saxony at 04:30 hrs.
Crew:
F/O (J/16363) Joseph Earl McGRATH (pilot) RCAF - killed
F/O (J/24280) Donald Clifford BISSELL (nav.) RCAF - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 418 Sqdn RCAF
3.Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Feb-2012 12:50 | Nepa | Added |
| 22-Nov-2012 05:48 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 11-Aug-2013 18:30 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 13-Aug-2013 14:38 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, ] |
| 04-Jun-2014 07:59 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Jun-2015 03:14 | angels one five | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Aug-2015 15:49 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Mar-2016 18:10 | Heil | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Feb-2019 19:38 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 25-Apr-2019 14:22 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator, ] |
| 03-Dec-2019 09:45 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Aug-2021 21:23 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 04-Aug-2022 08:44 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
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