ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 73723
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| Date: | Wednesday 11 April 1945 |
| Time: | 16:45 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 333 (Norw.) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | RF590 |
| MSN: | KK-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Svarttjendalen near Skien, Nakksjø, Drangedal Telemark. -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Banff, Aberdeenshire |
April 11 1945.
Successful strike by 143,235,248 and 333 Sqns against shipping in Porsgrunn, which finished with four Merchant Vessels sunk and two damaged. Three Norwegian ships were sunk DIONE of 1620 tons, NORDSJO of 178 tons and the TRAUST of 190 tons. The other vessel sunk was the German Merchant Vessel KALMAR of 964 tons. One of the ships damaged was a Swedish trawler of 219 tons and the other, the German named HELGOWLAND of 535 tons. During the strike, the formation was attacked by German fighters.
Mosquito RF590/H: Took off at 14:31 hrs for attack against shipping in Porsgrunn. 11/04/1945
Damaged by flak near Porsgrunn. Shot down by 2x BF109s (IV./JG 5)
Mosquito crashed into rocky ground in Svarttjerndalen, Naksjø and exploded at 16:45 hrs.
Crew:
Fnr. (N.1229) Johannes Wollert LØKEN (pilot) RNoAF - killed
Sjt. (N.162) Stephan Henrik ENGSTRØM (nav.) RNoAF - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.scotshistoryonline.co.uk/sorties.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 June 1944 | HR133 | 333 (Norw.) Sqn RAF | 1 | Auskerry Sound off Stronsay, Orkneys. |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Mar-2010 12:07 | Nepa | Added |
| 22-Apr-2014 16:34 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Oct-2014 13:12 | Oezil | Updated [Narrative] |
| 12-Oct-2014 10:41 | Route | Updated [Narrative] |
| 20-Sep-2015 17:42 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 26-Sep-2015 12:58 | Angel dick one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 29-Sep-2015 21:03 | Juan P.Paco | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-May-2019 19:24 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 03-Dec-2019 17:52 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 14-Feb-2022 11:12 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 27-Oct-2022 10:45 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
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