ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 72181
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| Date: | Tuesday 15 February 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 169 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HJ707 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | north of Hannover, Lower Saxony. -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Little Snoring, Norfolk |
Mosquito HJ707: Took off at 18:45 hrs for Night Serrate operations supporting a major Bomber Command mission to Berlin. 15/02/1944.
Intercepted north of Hannover at 23,000 feet by a night-fighter, whose fire set light to the starboard engine. Navigator baled out but the pilot was unable to leave the aircraft.
Crew:-
Pilot : Wing Commander Edward John Gracie RAF 29090 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Lieutenant Wemyss Wylton Todd RAF 82357 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 13 August, 1940) [PoW]
Theo Boiten's exhaustive NCA 1944 Part 1, entry for 15/16 Feb 44 gives credit to several Flak units and claims the aircraft came down at 22.10 hrs on 15 Feb 44.
There are no Nachtjagd claims recorded for a Mosquito on the night of 15/16 Feb 44 per Boiten and Foreman's Luftwaffe Night Fighter Claims 1939-1945
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2. ORB 169 Sqdn RAF entry for 15 Feb 44
3. Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 1 entry for 15/16 Feb 44 (page 75)
4. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Images:
169 ORB entry for 15 Feb 44
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Feb-2010 12:20 | NePa | Added |
| 15-Nov-2011 09:23 | Nepa | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2014 13:30 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 05-Aug-2014 12:32 | Lorenzo Lamas | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 08-Aug-2015 11:13 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 04-Feb-2019 20:08 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 07-Oct-2021 09:03 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 03-Feb-2022 09:45 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 13-Mar-2022 07:34 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Date, Source, Narrative, Photo] |
| 05-Aug-2022 12:30 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Feb-2024 07:59 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
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