ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 72196
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| Date: | Saturday 29 January 1944 |
| Time: | 00:50 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 418 (City of Edmonton) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HJ722 |
| MSN: | TH-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Diepholz airfield, Niedersachsen. -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ford, Sussex |
Mosquito HJ722: Took off at 23:07 hrs for night intruder mission to Vechta. 28/01/1944
Missing. The Mosquito was shot down at 00:50 hrs clock through the Vechta flak. 29/01/1944
The crash site was evacuated by a rescue command of the airport Diepholz.
Crew:
F/Lt (J/5212) Thomas Edmund DU BROY (pilot) RCAF - killed
F/O (152.419) Frederick William Dalzell HAYNES (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2. http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RAF_owned_HA100.html
3. http://www.manitobamilitaryaviationmuseum.com/PDF/418squadron.pdf
4. http://ww2.dk/Airfields%20-%20Germany%20[1937%20Borders].pdf
5.ORB 418 Sqdn RCAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 November 1944 | LR327 | 418 (City of Edmonton) Sqn RCAF | 2 | Cratzenbach, Weilrod, Hessen. | |
w/o |
Images:
AM Form 78 for HJ722
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Feb-2010 22:55 | NePa | Added |
| 15-Nov-2011 08:42 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Jan-2012 09:07 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 30-Jan-2012 09:07 | Nepa | Updated [[Operator, Departure airport]] |
| 15-Jun-2014 19:43 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Aug-2015 07:44 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 18-Oct-2015 15:30 | Django | Updated [Cn] |
| 21-Jan-2019 10:38 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 04-Feb-2019 20:04 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 30-Dec-2021 23:42 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 02-Oct-2022 07:44 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo] |
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