ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 74005
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| Date: | Thursday 19 October 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 235 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HR125 |
| MSN: | LA-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, 50 miles north of Bergen. -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Banff, Aberdeenshire |
Mosquito HR125/F: Took off at 13:15 hrs for Anti-shipping mission /Rover patrol. 19/10/1944
During an attack on shipping convoy about 50 miles north of Bergen, hit by flak and ditched off Norway coast.
Attack was against VP 5116 which was damaged by several hits with some of the crew being wounded.
The aircraft ditched and although badly wounded W/O Ramsay escaped from the plane and was picked up by Norwegian fishermen. The pilot W/O Martin DFC was killed and went down with the aircraft.
Crew:
W/O (970254) Norman Magnus McLeod MARTIN DFC (pilot) RAFVR - killed
W/O (747915) I.L. RAMSAY (nav.) RAF - badly wounded escaped from the plane and was picked up by Norwegian fishermen.
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 235 Sqn RAF Ramsey?
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 5 April 1945 | RS619 | 235 Sqn RAF | 0 | Tandrup Mark. |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Apr-2010 07:25 | Nepa | Added |
| 21-Dec-2011 03:45 | nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Jun-2014 12:58 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 29-Oct-2014 17:48 | Don Diego | Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Narrative] |
| 12-Dec-2014 16:02 | Don Diego | Updated [Narrative] |
| 01-Sep-2015 04:07 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Nov-2015 09:17 | QQ3 | Updated [Cn] |
| 28-Feb-2019 17:11 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 16-Jul-2022 22:14 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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