ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144040
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| Date: | Friday 10 November 1944 |
| Time: | 20:30 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk 30 |
| Owner/operator: | 151 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MM807 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | six miles east of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Castle Camps, Essex |
Mosquito MM807: Took off at 18:00 hrs for Continental Patrol. 10/11/1944
Eight crews were on Continental Patrols. From one of these F/Lt Strachan and F/O Mattingley failed to return, the only scanty information being that they were chasing a FW 190 and for some reason they abandoned their aircraft six miles east of Aachen at 20:30 hrs.
Crew:
F/Lt (42084) Arnold John STRACHAN (pilot) RAF - killed
F/O (137.326) Reginald Sidney MATTINGLEY (nav.) RAFVR - POW
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 151 Sqdn RAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Feb-2012 05:30 | Nepa | Added |
| 21-Jul-2014 18:18 | Froome | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 27-Aug-2015 17:23 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 07-Sep-2018 21:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 20-Jan-2019 19:04 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 27-Mar-2019 19:44 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 16-Sep-2021 17:18 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 24-Dec-2021 21:52 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Narrative, Operator] |
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