ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 72905
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| Date: | Saturday 29 April 1944 |
| Time: | 00:34 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk XVII |
| Owner/operator: | 456 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | HK321 |
| MSN: | RX-X |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Missing - English Channel. -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ford, Sussex |
Mosquito HK321/X: Took off at 23:30 hrs over the Channel for a anti-minelaying defensive patrol. 28/04/1944
When approximately 30 miles south west of base, the pilot was told of a low flying target 5 miles away, when Mosquito HK321/X was at 5,000 feet. The aircraft reported that it was closing in to investigate. The last information available was a final transmission at 00:34 hrs. Another aircraft in the same area reported that at 00:30 hrs “aircraft not mine going down near me now”. A third aircraft reported sight of something burning in the water in the same area. The Navy reported that wreckage was found in the same area but this was not confirmed. A search by sea and air continued until about midday without success, and no trace of the missing aircraft or crew was found.
Missing, flew into the sea at 00:34 hrs. 29/04/1944
Crew:
F/O (Aus.411255) Robert Maxwell Joseph PAHLOW (pilot) RAAF - killed
F/O (Aus.413267) Francis Mathew SILVA (nav.) RAAF - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.http://www.raafdb.com/view_aircraft.asp?id=373
3.ORB 456 Sqdn RAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 December 1943 | DD739 | 456 Sqn RAAF | 2 | Het Amsterdamse Bos, Amstelveen, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Feb-2010 10:58 | NePa | Added |
| 05-May-2014 05:36 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2014 08:38 | Mysore | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 09-Aug-2015 09:24 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 04-Feb-2019 20:32 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 01-Sep-2021 15:23 | DB | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 16-Nov-2021 22:35 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Phase, Narrative, Operator] |
| 16-Nov-2021 22:42 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 10-Mar-2022 10:45 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 10-Mar-2022 10:46 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
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