ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50514
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| Date: | Thursday 11 May 1944 |
| Time: | 02:06 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 515 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NS932 |
| MSN: | 3P-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Westelijke Kanaaldijk near Wemeldinge, Zeeland. -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Little Snoring, Norfolk |
Mosquito NS932: Takeoff at 23:42 hrs for a Serrate patrol to Gilze-Rijen airfield. 11/05/1944
The Mosquito was hit by Flak and crashed into the Westelijke Kanaaldijk.
The aircraft flew so low that at Wemeldinge it collided with a searchlight set up on the eastern dockside, after which it crashed into the Westelijke Kanaaldijk.
Crew:
P/O (176416) Thomas Stanley ECCLESTONE (pilot) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1222306 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 27 June, 1944)
Sgt (1683352) John Harold SHIMMIN (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 515 Sqdn RAF
3.http://www.wingstovictory.nl/database/database.php
4. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 April 1944 | NS895 | 515 Sqn RAF | 2 | near Deelen airfield, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 1 May 1944 | NS847 | 515 Sqn RAF | 2 | 2 km northeast of Bazel, Kruibeke, East Flanders. |  |
w/o |
| 13 May 1944 | DZ638 | 692 (Fellowship of the Bellows) Sqn RAF | 2 | sea am Kaiser-Wilhelm-Koog |  |
w/o |
| 6 June 1944 | NS950 | 515 Sqn RAF | 2 | Bergse Maas near Dussen and Hank; Noord-Brabant. | |
w/o |
| 28 August 1944 | PZ161 | 515 Sqn RAF | 2 | between the Dalweg and Talmalaan roads at Soest, prov. of Utrecht. | |
w/o |
| 4 September 1944 | PZ163 | 515 Sqn RAF | 0 | Dutch part of the Dollard Bay, Groningen prv. | |
w/o |
| 16 September 1944 | PZ184 | 515 Sqn RAF | 2 | 5 km north of Achmer airfield, Bramsche, Niedersachsen. | |
w/o |
| 18 September 1944 | NS962 | 515 Sqn RAF | 2 | Plantlünne airfield, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 21 November 1944 | PZ344 | 515 Sqn RAF | 2 | Walbeck, Geldern, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 19 March 1945 | NS957 | 515 Sqn RAF | 2 | near Ciney, 14 km east-north-east of Dinant, Namur. | |
w/o |
| Mid-air collision | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 13-Nov-2009 06:14 | NePa | Updated |
| 13-Nov-2010 05:23 | Nepa | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Nov-2010 05:24 | Anon. | Updated [Source] |
| 23-Aug-2014 11:50 | King | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 13-Aug-2015 20:00 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Mar-2019 14:50 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 07-Apr-2020 07:45 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Oct-2020 10:10 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 23-Apr-2021 19:48 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities] |
| 06-Sep-2021 22:05 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 28-Jun-2022 17:04 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 29-Jul-2022 19:49 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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