ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 235238
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| Date: | Sunday 13 February 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk XIII |
| Owner/operator: | 410 (Cougar) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HK429 |
| MSN: | RA-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | RAF stn Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Castle Camps |
Mosquito HK429/N: Took off at 20:15 hrs for night patrol over North Sea. 13/02/1944
One Junkers Ju88 destroyed. Damaged returned fire. Landing at 22:10 hrs.
On Feb. 13, 1944, Schultz and Williams spotted a German bomber streaking home in the night sky. Schultz pursued it and set it on fire with his guns. Then, at Williams’ request, he flew in for a better look so they could identify the bomber’s exact model.
“It was the stupidest thing I ever did in my life,” Schultz once told an interviewer. “The airplane was completely in flames, but the mid-upper gunner was still in his turret.”
The turret swung towards Schultz, who broke hard to his left. It was too late: 13-mm rounds ripped into his plane from wingtip to wingtip.
Several bullets punctured the cockpit, one between the pilot and navigator. The engines were so badly damaged that the men prepared to bail out, but a ground controller told them the sea was too rough for them to be retrieved.
So Schultz nursed the ailing plane back to England. The engine quit as he reduced power; he had no brakes when he crash landed.
Crew:
F/O (J/16359) Rayne Dennis SCHULTZ DFC (pilot) RCAF - Ok
F/Lt (J/9577) Vernon Albert WILLIAMS DFC (nav.) RCAF - Ok
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 410 Sqdn RCAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 July 1944 | HK429 | 410 (Cougar) Sqn RCAF | 0 | RAF stn Hurn, Dorset, England | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Apr-2020 16:19 | Nepa | Added [Operator] |
| 16-Dec-2021 21:02 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 22-Dec-2021 21:52 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Operator] |
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