ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 139655
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| Date: | Wednesday 25 April 1945 |
| Time: | 00:05 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk 30 |
| Owner/operator: | 307 (Lwowskich Puchaczy) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MV544 |
| MSN: | EW-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Missing - North Sea -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Castle Camps, Essex |
Mosquito MV544/B: Took off at 21:30 hrs for low-level intruder mission over Germany. 24/04/1945
Crew damaged parked Ju88 in Flensburg, but were forced to ditch their aircraft after being hit by flak over Bremen. They spent three days in dinghy and were taken prisoners by the Germans. 25/04/1945
Crew:
F/Sgt (P/780887) Kazimierz LESZKIEWICZ (pol.pilot) PAF - POW
Sgt (P/704128) Zbigniew LEWANDOWSKI (pol.nav.) PAF - POW
Sources:
1.http://www.polishsquadronsremembered.com/
2.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
3.ORB 307 Sqdn RAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 July 1944 | HK230 | 307 (Lwowskich Puchaczy) Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Church Fenton, North Yorkshire, England | |
non |
| 7 August 1944 | HK230 | 307 (Lwowskich Puchaczy) Sqn RAF | 2 | near Fort Westervoort, IJsseloordweg road, Arnhem, Gelderland |  |
w/o |
| 10 February 1945 | MV544 | 307 (Lwowskich Puchaczy) Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire, England | |
min |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2011 06:04 | Nepa | Added |
| 29-Jan-2012 03:07 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 12-Feb-2012 03:17 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 13-Jun-2014 16:15 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Sep-2015 08:10 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 19-Feb-2019 18:21 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 29-Mar-2022 10:23 | Nepa | Updated [Date, Time, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 29-Mar-2022 10:24 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
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