ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 83507
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| Date: | Thursday 1 March 1945 |
| Time: | 04:30 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 613 (City of Manchester) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NS859 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bollersen 4km south-south-east of Bergen. -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | A.75 Cambrai/Epinoy (F) |
Mosquito NS859: Took off for night intruder mission to Hannover/Hildesheim. 29/02/1945
Missing. The crew being killed in action while attacking a railroad in northern Germany. 01/03/1945
Crew:
F/Lt (J/11052) Geoffrey Francis COWARD (pilot) RCAF - killed
W/O (1390719) Francis Sidney WILSHER (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 613 Sqdn RAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Dec-2010 01:35 | Nepa | Added |
| 18-Jan-2012 07:56 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jan-2012 07:58 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport] |
| 06-Jun-2014 19:58 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 14-Sep-2015 09:34 | Nepa | Updated [Location] |
| 14-Sep-2015 09:35 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 17-Nov-2016 18:43 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Apr-2019 16:46 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 22-Feb-2022 23:26 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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