ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144102
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| Date: | Wednesday 13 October 1943 |
| Time: | 22:10 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk XII |
| Owner/operator: | 151 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HK200 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | North sea 30 miles north-east of Cromer, Norfolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coltishall, Norfolk |
| RAF Church Fenton, North Yorkshire |
Mosquito HK200: Took off for scrambled against enemy bombers. 13/10/1943
Were scrambled from Coltishall and an A.I. contact was picked up from a searchlight cone. Interception led to a visual being obtained on a Me 210. The visual was obtained at a range of 3,000 ft silhouetted against cloud just below them.
They closed to a range of about 300 ft and from dead astern and just below fired a one second burst which resulted in a large explosion. The enemy aircraft climbed steeply with its starboard engine on fire, then dived away to port. Another two second burst was given as it dived past. It then went into a vertical dive and was witnessed as going down by a member of 68 Squadron who was in the vicinity.
In the action the starboard engine of the Mosquito was put out of action, and the perspex nose completely shattered. An emergency landing was made at RAF Church Fenton at 22:10 hrs.
Crew:
F/O (128.557) Alistair Donald BOYLE (pilot) RAFVR - Ok
P/O (147139) Harry Martin FRIESNER (nav.) RAFVR - Ok
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.151squadron.org.uk/
3.ORB 151 Sqdn RAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Feb-2012 15:13 | Nepa | Added |
| 29-Feb-2012 14:26 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 21-Jul-2014 17:05 | R.Giggs | Updated [Aircraft type, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 02-Sep-2014 06:21 | HH99 | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 13-May-2015 08:22 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location] |
| 13-May-2015 10:19 | Angel dot comma | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location] |
| 03-Aug-2015 11:17 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 07-Sep-2018 13:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Apr-2019 20:02 | Anon. | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Operator] |
| 16-Sep-2021 10:20 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 30-Jul-2022 09:31 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
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