ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50327
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| Date: | Wednesday 28 June 1944 |
| Time: | 00:30 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 141 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DD787 |
| MSN: | TW-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Vrakker, Weert, province Limburg. -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF West Raynham, Norfolk |
Mosquito DD787/F: Took off at 23:10hrs for Serrate Patrol Northern France. 27/06/1944
Claim by Oblt Heinz Ferger 3/NJG3 - Iseghem 7km south east of Roeslare : 3,500m at 00:30 hrs 28/06/1944
Debris was found near Weert/Vrakker. F/Lt Engelbach was thrown clear when the aircraft exploded.
Crew:
F/Lt (122946) Patrick Stevens ENGELBACH (pilot) RAFVR - POW (NCO:1316523 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 23 June, 1942)
F/Lt (158594) Ronald Spencer MALLETT DFC (nav.) RAFVR - killed (NCO:801568 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 16 November, 1943)
This narrative apparently has conflated the loss of HJ941 also from 141 Sqn on this night. Oblt Ferger claimed a Mosquito near Roeselare Belgium which is where HJ941 came down and ~170 km away from the location of DD787 exploding over the Netherlands. F/L Mallett was buried in Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetary. It is highly unlikely that Oblt Ferger downed both Mosquitos when he only claimed one. Luftwaffe records only reflect one Mosquito claimed by Nachtjagd pilots this night. The cause of DD787's loss is therefore undetermined.
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2. ORB 141 Sqdn RAF
3. Luftwaffe Night Fighter Combat Claims 1939-1945 page 193
4. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 February 1944 | DD787 | 141 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn West Raynham, Norfolk, England |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 13-Nov-2009 11:02 | NePa | Updated |
| 02-Feb-2010 00:58 | NePa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 02-Mar-2012 06:31 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 24-Jun-2014 18:00 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Aug-2014 12:38 | Digger | Updated [Phase, Narrative] |
| 11-Jun-2015 20:05 | Heil | Updated [Cn, Source] |
| 15-Jun-2015 16:43 | Tu104 | Updated [Cn] |
| 15-Aug-2015 11:57 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 03-Sep-2018 18:12 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
| 03-Sep-2018 18:12 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 06-Nov-2019 17:36 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 16-Oct-2020 07:16 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Oct-2020 10:13 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 09-May-2021 13:22 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Sep-2021 22:12 | TB | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 01-Sep-2021 22:12 | TB | Updated [Operator] |
| 03-Nov-2021 17:54 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 29-May-2022 12:25 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Jun-2022 17:14 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 17-Jul-2022 19:11 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Jul-2022 06:35 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Aug-2022 22:46 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Aug-2022 07:27 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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