Date:	Thursday 19 October 1944
Time:	21:20
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk XIX
Owner/operator:	85 Sqn RAF
Registration:	TA400
MSN:	VY-J
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	1,2km west of Oberwittstadt, Ravenstein, Baden-Württemberg -   Germany
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Swannington, Norfolk
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Mosquito TA400/J: Took off at 19:15 hrs for a Bomber Support operation. 19/10/1944
Mosquito crashed at Planquadrat TU 1,2 km W Oberwittstadt, 20 km SW Megentheim, apparently due to an attack by a German night fighter.
Appears to have been friendly fire from a 157 Sqn aircraft. Mosquito TA404 claimed to have shot down a Ju 88 at a position only 35km directly to the west of Oberwittstadt, where this Mosquito came down.
Crew: 
F/Lt (121333) Arnold Maurice HILL DFC (pilot) RAFVR - PoW (NCO:745329 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 09 June, 1942)
F/Lt (122416) Gregory Bernard BROOKER (nav.) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1375665 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 22 December, 1942)

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt

2.http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?24327
3.http://www.swannington-norfolk.co.uk/index-page6.html
4.ORB 85 Sqdn RAF
5.CWGC

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

1 February 1945	MV???	85 Sqn RAF	0	RAF stn Swannington, 9.5 miles NW of Norwich, Norfolk, England		min
13 February 1945	MV???	85 Sqn RAF	0	RAF stn Swannington, 9.5 miles NW of Norwich, Norfolk, England		min

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
20-Nov-2011 11:50	Nepa	Added
28-Jun-2012 02:41	Nepa	Updated [Departure airport, Source]
28-Jun-2012 02:43	n	Updated [Departure airport, Source]
04-Aug-2014 11:20	n	Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
10-Jun-2015 16:33	H.Shaft	Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]
01-Sep-2015 20:44	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
19-Oct-2015 18:20	Rata	Updated [Cn]
17-Sep-2018 14:23	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator]
12-Mar-2019 09:30	Nepa	Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
05-May-2019 17:25	Anon.	Updated [Location, Operator]
06-Jun-2019 10:01	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator]
03-Sep-2021 14:10	TigerTimon	Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source]
03-Sep-2021 14:13	TigerTimon	Updated [Date, Source, Narrative]
09-Sep-2021 16:36	Nepa	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
05-Jan-2022 11:16	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
01-Aug-2022 06:59	Rob Davis	Updated [Source, Narrative]