ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51209
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| Date: | Friday 26 November 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 21 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HX906 |
| MSN: | YH-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Waddenzee, 8 km north-east off Den Helder. -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Sculthorpe, Norfolk |
Mosquito HX906: Took off at 12:30 hrs for a attack for engines sheds at Lingen (Ems) Niedersachsen. 26/11/1943
Missing. Shot down by AA (Leer).
Crew:
F/O (119.015) Thomas James Buchanan SHEARER (pilot) RAFVR - killed
F/O (130.875) Robert John Telford STIRLING (obs) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 21 Sqdn RAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 September 1944 | HX952 | 21 Sqn RAF | 2 | near Het Zand (Zandsepad road), Lent, Nijmegen, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 10 February 1945 | HR345 | 21 Sqn RAF | 2 | Missing. |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 25-Nov-2009 11:07 | NePa | Updated |
| 08-Nov-2011 02:18 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Jul-2013 10:55 | Anon. | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 12-Jun-2014 19:27 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 04-Aug-2015 14:43 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 19-Aug-2017 12:51 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 25-Apr-2018 12:42 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 16-Sep-2018 18:54 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 24-Nov-2018 08:14 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Source] |
| 28-Nov-2018 10:07 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 23-Sep-2021 08:37 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 20-Jun-2022 10:19 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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