ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50248
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| Date: | Sunday 13 August 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 169 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NT173 |
| MSN: | VI-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Oosternijkerk, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Great Massingham, Norfolk |
Mosquito NT173/E: Took off at 21:40 hrs. for Night patrol near Heligoland.13/08/1944
The Mosquito was flying a patrol near Helgoland when it encountered a Heinkel He 219 of I./NJG 1. The German night fighter was engaged by the crew. Some years later the pilot recalled: "Freddie picked up a contact crossing slightly ahead at quite a lick. We eventually caught up with it. Vertically above it, I identified it as an He 219. I dropped back to about 150 yards and gave it four two-second bursts. We were then hit by debris and lost coolant in both our engines. I glided in over the coast of Holland and Freddie baled out at 1200 ft and I followed at 800-900 ft."
Crew:
F/O (162022) Wilfrid Handel MILLER DFC (pilot) RAFVR - Ok /POW (NCO:1526934 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 25 January, 1944)
F/O (169501) Frederic Charles BONE DFC (nav.) RAFVR - Ok /POW (NCO:1515340 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 01 February, 1944)
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Nov-2009 01:46 | NePa | Updated |
| 26-Nov-2009 11:30 | NePa | Updated |
| 24-Nov-2011 07:04 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Jun-2014 20:07 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 12-Aug-2015 16:43 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 18-Mar-2019 19:42 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Mar-2021 14:53 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source] |
| 04-Mar-2021 14:53 | TigerTimon | Updated [Phase] |
| 04-Mar-2021 16:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Mar-2021 16:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Phase] |
| 04-Mar-2021 20:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time] |
| 26-Mar-2021 12:08 | Don Diego | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 01-Oct-2021 08:23 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Narrative, Operator] |
| 06-Jan-2022 19:19 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 07-Jun-2022 18:31 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Jun-2022 17:27 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 31-Jul-2022 06:52 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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