Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI RF607,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 17461
 
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Date:Thursday 19 April 1945
Time:17:25
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI
Owner/operator:235 Sqn RAF
Registration: RF607
MSN: LA-V
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Lomborg. -   Denmark
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Banff, Aberdeenshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito RF607/V: Took off at 13:39 hrs for a Anti-U boat patrol over Kattegat 19/04/1945
Was tasked with a anti shipping operation in the sea of Kattegat. After having attacked German naval vessels in Kattegat, the aircrafts returned toward west. When passing over the Oddesund Bridge at 17:22 hrs flak was fired and Mosquito RF607 was hit in one engine. Pilot was not able to feather the propeller he chose to belly land.
Crew:
F/Sgt (1321093) Allan George Raymond MACKENZIE (pilot) RAFVR - killed
F/Sgt (1399255) Frank Albert RELFE (nav.) RAFVR - killed

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.flensted.eu.com/1945041.shtml
3.ORB 235 Sqn RAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
19-Apr-2008 23:55 Nepa Added
20-Jan-2010 10:52 NePa Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Narrative]
29-Jan-2012 03:11 Nepa Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
02-May-2014 06:45 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
01-Sep-2015 04:42 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
28-Nov-2015 20:22 QQ3 Updated [Cn, Source]
13-May-2019 15:52 Nepa Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator]
02-Mar-2022 18:50 Nepa Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative, Operator]
18-Jul-2022 11:17 Nepa Updated [Phase, Narrative, Operator]
18-Jul-2022 20:44 Nepa Updated [Cn, Operator]

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