ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140784
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| Date: | Tuesday 18 July 1944 |
| Time: | 12:48 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | 544 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LR431 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Zerbst area, Sachsen-Anhalt. -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Benson, Oxfordshire |
Mosquito LR431: Take off at 09:00 hrs for PR mission over Leipzig, Osnabruck and Braunschweig.18/07/1944
Attacked at a height of 9000 metres, by Oberleutnant Kurt Gabler of the 8./JG 300, who was flying a Bf 109 G-6 (claim: east of Fliegerhorst Zerbst).
Crew:
F/Lt (86696) William HAMPSON (pilot) RAFVR - POW
P/O (176.746) George William Edgar NEWBY (nav.) RAFVR - POW
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.Air Britain: RAF Aircraft LA100 - LZ999, published 1991
3.ORB 544 Sqdn RAF
4.POW list
5. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?p=314529#post314529
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Dec-2011 09:34 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 30-Dec-2011 01:28 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Departure airport] |
| 08-Jan-2012 08:41 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport] |
| 09-Jan-2012 05:50 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Jun-2014 19:51 | MiG21 | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 21-Sep-2014 15:10 | Koumes | Updated [Location] |
| 16-Nov-2014 19:44 | Mysore | Updated [Date, Total fatalities, Damage, Narrative] |
| 21-Aug-2015 09:39 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
| 14-Jul-2017 17:30 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Feb-2019 20:58 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 01-Sep-2021 22:50 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 09-Oct-2021 18:14 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 01-Jan-2022 14:06 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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