ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 142162
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| Date: | Saturday 24 March 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 235 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HR434 |
| MSN: | LA-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea off Hellisøy lighthouse near the island Fedje, -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Banff, Aberdeenshire |
Mosquito HR434/Q: Took off at 11:40 hrs for Recce over Utsira and Utvaer, Norway. 24/03/1945
On patrol Q/235 about 10 miles north-west of Fedje, Norway, they spotted a surfaced U-boat U 249 (Kpt.Kock) and went in for an attack. They were shot down by the U-boats anti-aircraft fire and F/Lt Flower perished. F/Lt Williams managed to escape through the hatch and was picked up by the U-boat's crew and later transferred to a watching vessel, Vp 1703 "Unitas". "Unitas" brought Williams to Bergen the next day, where he was taken over by armed guards, walked away from the pier and were shot. A German priest was condemned to death by court martial for his protests against the execution of F/Lt Williams.
Crew:
F/Lt (138.003) Joseph Richard WILLIAMS (pilot) RAFVR - captured. Later executed.
F/Lt (169.967) John Thomas FLOWER (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.Martin Bowman "Battlefield Bombers Deep Sea Attack"
3.ORB 235 Sqn RAF
4.www.uboat.net
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Jan-2012 04:29 | Nepa | Added |
| 06-Jul-2014 15:13 | MiG15 | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Country, Narrative] |
| 01-Sep-2015 05:41 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 28-Nov-2015 19:10 | QQ3 | Updated [Cn, Location, Source] |
| 17-Apr-2016 16:18 | Keith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Feb-2019 17:33 | Nepa | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 18-Jul-2022 10:36 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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