ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 141598
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| Date: | Monday 6 November 1944 |
| Time: | 19:35 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk XIX |
| Owner/operator: | 85 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MM624 |
| MSN: | VY-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 5 miles south east of Altenkirchen, Rheinland-Pfalz -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Swannington, Norfolk |
Mosquito MM624/Q: Took off at 17:30 hrs for support of the Main Force operation against Koblenz. 06/11/1944
The aircraft was hit by ‘friendly’ fire from a British bomber which set one of its engines in flames before an unidentified night fighter gave it the coup de grace NNE of Koblenz. The Mosquito impacted at Hachenburg around 19:35 hrs.
Crew:
F/Lt (115785) Michael Henry Clarmont PHILLIPS DFC (pilot) RAFVR - PoW (NCO:1100064 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 24 March, 1942)
F/Lt (116688) Derek Viney SMITH DFC (nav.) RAFVR - PoW (NCO:1337418 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 23 June, 1942)
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. ORB 85 Sqdn RAF
3. http://www.swannington-norfolk.co.uk/index-page6.html
4. POW list RAF
5. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 November 1942 | DD??? | 85 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, England |  |
min |
| 30 January 1943 | DD??? | 85 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, England | |
non |
| 26 February 1944 | HK??? | 85 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn West Malling, Kent, England | |
min |
| 3 April 1945 | MV??? | 85 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Swannington, Norfolk, England | |
non |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jan-2012 01:47 | Nepa | Added |
| 28-Jun-2012 02:36 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source] |
| 24-Jun-2014 17:14 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 28-Aug-2014 13:55 | King T. | Updated [Location] |
| 15-Sep-2014 05:00 | Digger | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 08-Sep-2015 21:30 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 19-Oct-2015 18:27 | Rata | Updated [Cn] |
| 17-Sep-2018 14:21 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 06-May-2019 13:35 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 06-May-2019 13:36 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 07-Sep-2021 11:31 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Sep-2021 11:26 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 09-Jan-2022 19:33 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 07-Jun-2022 18:31 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Jun-2022 22:07 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 24-Jun-2022 13:02 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Nov-2023 22:01 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Operator] |
| 09-Nov-2023 22:02 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 20-Nov-2023 08:19 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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