ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 172857
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| Date: | Saturday 26 February 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 169 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DZ254 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | 25 miles south-west of Mannheim in Baden-Württemberg. -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Little Snoring, Norfolk |
| RAF Little Snoring |
Mosquito DZ254: Took off at 22:45 hrs for Night Serrate mission to Augsburg. 25/02/1944
Flying towards a vertical searchlight beam, Kemmis picked up a number of Serrate contacts indicating the presence of orbiting enemy night fighters. Moments later Woodman had A.I radar contact and sighted an Me.110 against the snow covered terrain below, and, firing a three second burst of 20mm cannon shell into enemy night fighter’s port engine and wingroot, sent it down in flames to explode on impact with the ground, but not before his Mosquito had been showered in debris – on returning to base at RAF Little Snoring, it was found a large chunk of the Messerschmitt Me.110 had ripped a long gash along the starboard wing. Landing at 03:00 hrs. 26/02/1944
Crew:
F/Lt (69464) Ronald George WOODMAN DSO DFC (pilot) RAFVR - Ok (NCO:1167403 Commission Gazetted : Friday 18 July, 1941)
F/O (118368) Patrick William KEMMIS DFC (nav.) RAFVR - Ok (NCO:1312906 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 01 September, 1942)
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 169 Sqdn RAF
3.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2015 10:45 | Tu144 | Added |
| 07-Aug-2015 12:51 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Apr-2019 13:04 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 29-Oct-2019 11:02 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 29-Oct-2019 15:26 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 07-Oct-2021 08:59 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 03-Feb-2022 17:38 | Nepa | Updated [Date, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 03-Feb-2022 17:39 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
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