ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51421
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| Date: | Wednesday 1 September 1943 |
| Time: | 03:35 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 264 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HX834 |
| MSN: | PS-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Woensdrecht airfield, 6 miles south of Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant. -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Predannack, Cornwall |
Mosquito HX834: Took off at 23:50hrs for night intruder patrol to Woensdrecht airfield. 31/08/1943
The plane was damaged by flak, during an mission. Missing. Crash at 03:35 hrs. 01/09/1943
Crew:
W/O (1378483) Michael WOOLCOTT (pilot) RAFVR - killed
W/O (1108125) George William Anthony LAMBERT (obs) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 264 Sqdn RAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 December 1942 | DD756 | 25 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Custom, Yorkshire, England. |  |
min |
| 18 December 1942 | DD605 | 264 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Portreath, Cornwall, England. | |
min |
| 5 May 1943 | W4080 | 264 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Predannack, Cornwall, England. | |
w/o |
| 13 April 1945 | MM572 | 264 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 2 | Houthem near Ypres |  |
w/o |
| 19 April 1945 | HK502 | 264 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF | 0 | Advanced Landing Ground B.77 Gilze-Rijen, North Brabant | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Nov-2009 10:42 | NePa | Updated |
| 26-Dec-2009 07:33 | NePa | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 18-Jul-2011 01:58 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Feb-2013 14:20 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 12-Jun-2014 17:50 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Jul-2015 19:40 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 28-Aug-2018 14:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Aug-2018 14:41 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Phase, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 03-Sep-2018 21:35 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 03-Feb-2019 16:34 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Operator] |
| 12-Nov-2021 21:55 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 18-Jun-2022 17:38 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Operator] |
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