ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70913
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| Date: | Tuesday 8 September 1942 |
| Time: | 19:03 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 521 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DK329 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Borken - Rhede area; North Rhine-Westphalia -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bircham Newton, Norfolk |
Mosquito DK329: Took off at 16:15 hrs for Long Range Met Recco flight over North Rhine area (Ger.). 08/09/1942
Route : Base - Saarbrücken - Kahle Asten - base.
The aircraft was intercepted at a height of 9200 metres by Oberleutnant Rolf Strohal of the 12./JG 1, who was flying a Focke-Wulf Fw 190A. The claim location was Pl.Qu. 6228/05 Ost D3.
Crew:
F/Sgt (1169028) Ivor FARRELL (pilot) RAFVR - killed
Sgt (1251668) Leonard Daniel VINCE (obs) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 521 Sqdn RAF
3.AIR81/17877
4. BArch RL 5/1445
5. Prien/Bock
6. Google Maps North Rhine-Westphalia
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jan-2010 04:51 | NePa | Added |
| 05-Feb-2012 13:54 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Jun-2014 10:19 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 22-Jul-2015 10:08 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 11-Apr-2016 17:13 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Jan-2019 15:36 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 27-Jul-2021 21:01 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Operator] |
| 30-Aug-2021 14:16 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Damage] |
| 23-Sep-2021 08:28 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Phase, Damage, Narrative, Operator] |
| 16-Oct-2021 21:04 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 16-Oct-2021 21:05 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 27-Jul-2022 17:43 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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