ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 164595
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| Date: | Thursday 25 May 1944 |
| Time: | 01:40 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 605 (County of Warwick) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NS942 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Straelen, Nordrhein-Westfalen. -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Manston, Kent |
Mosquito NS942: Took off at 00:34 hrs for support mission to Venlo (NL). 25/05/1944 Missing.
This was 1 of 15 Mosquitoes dispatched by ADGB (2 Gp) in support of Bomber Operations. It was the only one ADGB loss that night. Crash during an attack on a Bf 110 G-4 night fighter of the 5./NJG 5.
Fotheringham-Parker's Mosquito crashed into high-tension wires immediately after the low level attack and crash of Oblt Walter Lahl's Bf 110 G-4. The Mosquito flew into high-tension fires on the fly-pass.
Crew:
F/Lt (114.307) John FOTHERIHGHAM - PARKER (pilot) RAFVR - killed
F/Sgt (1397203) Ronald Arthur BOND (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.https://www.findagrave.com/page=gr&GRid=56034337
3.ORB 605 Sqdn RAF
4.Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Mar-2014 08:20 | Nepa | Added |
| 21-Jul-2014 13:30 | Froome | Updated [Narrative] |
| 13-Aug-2015 18:52 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 04-Feb-2019 21:09 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 06-May-2019 19:53 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 02-Oct-2020 09:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2020 21:39 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 30-Aug-2021 17:36 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Jan-2022 22:06 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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