ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144412
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| Date: | Sunday 13 August 1944 |
| Time: | 01:04 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XX |
| Owner/operator: | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | KB198 |
| MSN: | XD-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | swamps at Getelo, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire |
Mosquito KB198/P: Took off at 22:35 hrs for a night mission to Frankfurt in Hessen. 13/08/1944
The aircraft was hit by Flak of the I. & II./leichte Heimat-Flak-Batterie 89/XI and was abandoned.
Crashed in swamps in Getelo at 01:04 hrs. 14/08/1944
Crew:
F/Lt (NZ404460) Robert Thomson FLEMING (pilot) RNZAF - POW
Sgt (1603852) Dennis Gordon GLEDHILL (nav.) RAFVR - POW
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.156squadron.com/display_newpff_roll.asp?ID=139
3.ORB 139 Sqdn RAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 September 1944 | KB218 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Woodbridge, Suffolk, England |  |
w/o |
| 15 January 1945 | KB263 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 2 | near RAF stn Thurleigh, Bedfordshire, England | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Mar-2012 13:11 | Nepa | Added |
| 25-Jul-2014 11:56 | Zoom | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 14-Sep-2014 14:28 | Jixon | Updated [Location] |
| 02-Oct-2014 12:03 | Thomas Fuk | Updated [Narrative] |
| 23-Aug-2015 11:41 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 18-Jan-2019 20:02 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Mar-2021 15:08 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Mar-2021 11:35 | sicak | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 30-Aug-2021 11:05 | TB | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 26-Sep-2023 21:43 | Nepa | Updated [[Narrative, Operator]] |
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