ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51937
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| Date: | Sunday 9 May 1943 |
| Time: | 20:30 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 1409 Met Flt RAF |
| Registration: | DZ316 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Schelpenbolweg, Wieringermeer, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Mosquito DZ316/M: Takeoff at 18:45hrs for PAMPA a long range meteo sortie to Malines and Aalmaar. 09/05/1943
At approx 20:30hrs a radio direction finding plot picked up returns that indicated the presence of enemy aircraft patrolling along the intended route of the mosquito.
The aircraft was shot down as it flew at 25,000 ft south of Den Helder by Haptm Robert Olejnik of the 4./JG 1, flying an Fw 190 A-5 from Woensdrecht airfield.
Crew:
F/O (118042) Peter Frank HALL (pilot) RAFVR - POW (NCO:742837 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 31 March, 1942)
P/O (130847) William Charles WOODROFF (obs) RAFVR - POW (NCO:1391835 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 24 November, 1942)
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.ORB 1409 Flt RAF
3.POW List
4.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Images:
Mosquito Production list showing DZ316 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Nov-2009 22:05 | NePa | Updated |
| 21-Nov-2009 10:57 | NePa | Updated |
| 01-Nov-2011 03:42 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Dec-2011 10:05 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 08-Jun-2014 08:19 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Aug-2014 17:04 | Comet123 | Updated [Operator] |
| 16-Aug-2014 12:27 | wilbur | Updated [Phase] |
| 26-Jul-2015 12:30 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 07-May-2018 16:31 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Sep-2018 10:00 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 28-Jan-2019 07:11 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Operator] |
| 31-Aug-2021 08:33 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 16-Oct-2021 17:45 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 18-Dec-2021 22:55 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Narrative, Operator] |
| 16-Feb-2022 20:46 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo] |
| 29-Jul-2022 06:03 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Jul-2022 16:04 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Aug-2022 13:10 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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