ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52027
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| Date: | Saturday 10 April 1943 |
| Time: | 10:30 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 410 (Cougar) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | DZ743 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | IJlst, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coleby Grange, Lincolnshire |
Mosquito DZ743: Took off at 08:55 hrs for day intruder mission. 10/04/1944
Crew patrollined the south-west of Friesland. Crew spotted a train near the railway station of IJlst and opened fire. The enemy returned fire. The Mosquito turned sharply and flew from Oosthem toward IJlst at a low altitude. While they were firing, the right wingtip of their aircraft touched a treetop, careered to the right and headed for the town in flames. The pilot turned his airplane to the left, hit the trees in the Stadslaan and crashed his airplane at 10:30 hrs. Missing.
Crew:
F/O (J/15578) John Edward LEACH (pilot) RCAF - killed
F/O (J/8604) Roland Montgomery BULL (obs) RCAF - killed
Sources:
1.https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft
2.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
3.ORB 410 Sqdn RCAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Nov-2009 22:07 | NePa | Updated |
| 21-Jan-2010 03:38 | NePa | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 31-Oct-2011 13:36 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Dec-2011 01:49 | Nepa | Updated [Location] |
| 30-Jan-2012 08:13 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 11-Aug-2013 15:26 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 13-Aug-2013 13:56 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 13-Aug-2013 13:58 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 27-Jun-2014 08:45 | Next | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport] |
| 26-Nov-2014 13:36 | Digger | Updated [Narrative] |
| 18-May-2015 11:51 | Komes123 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 25-Jul-2015 08:26 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
| 09-Apr-2018 12:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2018 17:50 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 27-Jan-2019 14:32 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 11-Dec-2021 18:59 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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