ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 89790
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| Date: | Tuesday 13 March 1945 |
| Time: | 20:35 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 23 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PZ436 |
| MSN: | YP-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Missing -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Little Snoring Norfolk |
Mosquito PZ436/Z: Took off at 18:58hrs for night intruder mission over Münster-Handorf Airfield. 13/03/1945
Last heard on R/T at 20:32hrs by the crew of Mosquito PZ437/O (F/Lt Thomas and F/Sgt Halliday) saying they were dropping their TI and seconds later seen on fire. Nothing further heard. Missing.
Crew:
Lt. (Z30605) Edmond LIGNOA (pilot) FFAF - killed
F/O (Aus.69541) Manoel CALLAS (nav) RAAF - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.raafdb.com/view_casualty.asp?id=4464
3.ORB 23 Sqdn RAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 March 1943 | DD??? | 85 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, England |  |
non |
| 1 July 1943 | DZ236 | 23 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Luqa |  |
min |
| 9 July 1943 | DZ236 | 23 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Luqa | |
min |
| 26 September 1944 | HR216 | 23 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Woodbridge, Suffolk, England | |
min |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Feb-2011 12:32 | ThW | Added |
| 06-Feb-2011 03:07 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator, Phase, Narrative] |
| 04-May-2014 14:58 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Oct-2014 09:19 | Erectus | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 03-Sep-2015 09:19 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Dec-2015 18:21 | Heil | Updated [Cn, Location, Source] |
| 31-Jan-2019 18:06 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 18-Oct-2021 20:37 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 19-Oct-2021 10:06 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Operator] |
| 29-Jun-2022 09:42 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 16-Dec-2023 19:07 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
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