ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 139770
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| Date: | Monday 12 June 1944 |
| Time: | 03:30 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LR505 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | near Bollerup, Ystad. -
 Sweden
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire |
Mosquito LR505: Took off at 23:30hrs for bombing raid on Berlin. 11/06/1944
Bombed in Berlin at 01:28 hrs from 28,000 feet. The aircraft was immediately coned by searchlights and was subjected to intense and accurate Flak. Their target, the NE district of Berlin was well and truly marked by 'Nan'. Just after the bomb fell away Mosquito LR505 was hit by shrapnel in the port engine. Subsequently, crash-landed 03:30hrs near Bollerup, Sweden where the crew were interned. 12/06/1944
Crew:
F/O (128680) James Ronald CASSELS DFC (pilot) RAFVR - Int. (NCO:1347906 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 15 September, 1942)
F/O (141157) Alan John Alexander WOOLLARD DFM (nav.) RAFVR - Int. (NCO:927269 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 06 April, 1943)
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 139 Sqdn RAF
3.Air Britain: RAF Aircraft LA100 - LZ999, published 1991
4.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Nov-2011 11:52 | Nepa | Added |
| 29-Dec-2011 10:49 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Location, Country, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 30-Dec-2011 01:27 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 06-Mar-2012 09:29 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Country, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 06-Mar-2012 10:29 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 07-Mar-2012 12:21 | Masen63 | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 16-Aug-2015 15:54 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 29-Apr-2019 20:12 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 26-Feb-2020 14:38 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 15-Oct-2021 22:04 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 30-Jul-2022 06:45 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Aug-2022 22:35 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Aug-2022 07:21 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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