ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140791
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| Date: | Wednesday 24 May 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | 544 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LR434 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rynge, southern Sweden. -
 Sweden
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Benson, Oxfordshire |
Mosquito LR434: Damaged by air defence fire northeast of Berlin. Left engine was on fire for about three minutes and had to be stopped. Mosquito LR434 was stalked by a Ju 88 but managed to disappear in the clouds flying north to get to Sweden. Crashlanded in Rynge, southern Sweden at 07:55 local time on 24/05/1944.
The crew consisted of P/O Kennedy and F/Sgt Chambers. Both survived the crash without severe injuries, were captured by Swedish Home Guard and interrogated by a Swedish Air Force officer the same day. Kennedy and Chambers were allowed to leave Sweden on 21.8. 1944 and returned back to UK.
Crew:
P/O (172.775) William KENNEDY (pilot) RAFVR - Ok
F/Sgt (1579262) Leslie Arthur CHAMBERS (nav.) RAFVR - Ok
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
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Dec-2011 09:56 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 30-Dec-2011 01:25 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Departure airport] |
| 08-Jan-2012 08:42 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport] |
| 09-Jan-2012 05:49 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 21-Jul-2012 12:21 | bolide | Updated [Location, Country, Narrative] |
| 15-Apr-2013 09:08 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Narrative] |
| 16-Apr-2013 05:28 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 17-Jun-2013 13:20 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 29-Jun-2014 20:00 | MiG21 | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport] |
| 02-Aug-2014 15:16 | MiG21 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 13-Aug-2015 19:12 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Damage, Narrative] |
| 31-Mar-2019 17:06 | Anon. | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 09-Oct-2021 18:04 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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