ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50202
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| Date: | Friday 1 September 1944 |
| Time: | 00:15 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 605 (County of Warwick) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NS878 |
| MSN: | UP-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Heesbeen, Heusden, Noord-Brabant. -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Manston, Kent |
Mosquito NS878/U: Takeoff at 23:07 hrs for a night intruder mission to Gilze-Rijen airfield. 31/08/1944
They were shot down by German anti aircraft fire at 00:15hrs. 01/09/1944
Crew:
F/O (149.587) Robert Oliver BRIGDEN (pilot) RAFVR - killed
W/O (1387023) Thomas HARRIS (nav.) RAFVR - POW
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 605 Sqdn RAF
3. https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 November 1944 | HR363 | 605 (County of Warwick) Sqn RAF | 2 | Hazenpad, Schaarsbergen, Arnhem, Gelderland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Dec-2009 22:38 | NePa | Updated |
| 24-Nov-2011 14:30 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jan-2012 07:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 22-Jan-2013 02:41 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 03-Aug-2014 12:53 | Glock G19 | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 23-Aug-2015 13:33 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 18-Mar-2019 19:54 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 08-Mar-2021 15:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Mar-2021 11:27 | Gagarin | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 26-Mar-2021 11:44 | Don Diego | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 31-Aug-2021 20:50 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 01-Oct-2021 08:43 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
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