ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50543
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| Date: | Thursday 27 April 1944 |
| Time: | 00:10 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 613 (City of Manchester) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NS819 |
| MSN: | SY-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | south of the Veendijk road, Enschede, Overijssel. -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Swanton Morley, Norfolk |
Mosquito NS819/P: Took off at 22:45 hrs for night intruder mission over Enschede area. 26/04/1944
The Germans started testing a new kind of airfield defense. At the moment an Intruder approached the airfield at lowa altitude, searchlights around the airport were pointed at the Intruder to dazzle its crew.
And it worked, F/Sgt. Adey was blinded by searchlights and lost control of his aircraft at 00:10 hrs.27/04/1944
The Mosquito crashed on the south side of the Veendijk in the Hague forest, a few hundred meters to the east of what is now a golf course. On the vegetation is still visible where the Mosquito flew through the trees, and left a trail of destruction.
Crew:
F/Sgt (574504) Royston John Edward ADEY (pilot) RAF - killed
F/Sgt (1576000) Kenneth John PINNELL (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 613 Sqdn RAF
3.http://www.defensie.nl/nimh/collecties/documentatie.
4.http://www.soerensezand.nl/verliesregister-1944.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 13-Nov-2009 06:17 | NePa | Updated |
| 22-Sep-2010 13:06 | Anon. | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2011 05:35 | harro | Updated [Source, Damage, Plane category, ] |
| 18-Jan-2012 07:50 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Mar-2013 06:04 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative] |
| 30-Mar-2013 07:13 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative] |
| 10-Aug-2015 11:56 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Nov-2018 13:20 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 15-Jun-2019 14:55 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Apr-2020 18:42 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Embed code] |
| 30-Oct-2020 21:31 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Operator] |
| 06-Jan-2022 17:27 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative, Operator] |
| 30-Jan-2022 11:42 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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