ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 165905
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| Date: | Tuesday 27 February 1945 |
| Time: | 01:00 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 305 (Ziemi Wielkopolskiej) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PZ371 |
| MSN: | SM-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bad Salzuflen. -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | A.75 Cambrai /Epinoy (F) |
Mosquito PZ371/S: Took off at 00:02 hrs for Night attacks transports on rail N, NE and SE the Ruhr. 27/02/1945
In the early morning hours of 27/02/1945 the Mosquito of 305 Sqdn crashed down in the area of "Tönsberges". This is a mountain ridge in the Teutoburg Forest has a height of 333.4 m above sea level. NN achieved and is in the Lippe Oerlinghausen. Due to poor visibility, there was there that night ground fog, crashed the machine to the ridge. Missing.
Crew:
P/O (186.569) Laurence Peter ETHERIDGE (pilot) RAFVR - Killed
F/Sgt (1602215) Alexander John JOYCE (nav.) RAFVR - Killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.spurensuche-owl.de/front_content.php?idart=217
3.http://www.crashplace.de/output.php
4.ORB 305 Sqdn RAF
https://www.nw.de/lokal/kreis_lippe/uebersicht/23608414_Als-das-Flugzeug-auf-den-Toensberg-stuerzte.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 July 1944 | NS873 | 305 (Ziemi Wielkopolskiej) Sqn RAF | 1 | Les Basses Ocreries, 1km north of St. Georges sur la Prée. |  |
w/o |
| 26 November 1944 | PZ278 | 305 (Ziemi Wielkopolskiej) Sqn RAF | 2 | Coesfeld, North Rhine-Westphalia | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-May-2014 08:44 | Nepa | Added |
| 08-Jun-2014 16:38 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 23-Sep-2015 12:32 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 22-Nov-2015 21:14 | Tu160 | Updated [Cn] |
| 21-Apr-2018 06:23 | Nepa | Updated [Date, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Apr-2018 06:23 | harro | Updated [Date] |
| 14-Feb-2019 17:49 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Operator] |
| 16-Mar-2022 21:36 | Nepa | Updated [Date, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 08-Jul-2023 07:10 | gerard57 | Updated [[Date, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]] |
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