ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 142220
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| Date: | Saturday 31 July 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 418 (City of Edmonton) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HX808 |
| MSN: | TH-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Orleans /Bricy airfield, 6 miles north-northwest of Ingré near Orleans -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ford, Sussex |
Mosquito HX808: Took off at 01:00 hrs. for Night intruder mission. 31/07/1943
Have been shot down by return fire by a Enemy bomber intercepted in the landing pattern at Orleans /Bricy airfield. 31/07/1944
Crew:
P/O (Aus.413964) Norman COLE (pilot) RAAF - killed
F/O (J/13948) Alfred Alexander SHEPHERD (nav.) RCAF - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RAF_owned_HK100.html
3.ORB 418 Sqdn RAF
4.CWGC
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 June 1943 | HJ??? | 418 (City of Edmonton) Sqn RCAF | 0 | RAF stn Ford, West Sussex, England. |  |
min |
| 28 June 1943 | HJ??? | 418 (City of Edmonton) Sqn RCAF | 0 | RAF stn Manston, Kent, England. | |
min |
| 25 July 1943 | HJ822 | 418 (City of Edmonton) Sqn RCAF | 2 | Hoofdweg no.152, Lijnden, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 9 November 1943 | HJ830 | 418 (City of Edmonton) Sqn RCAF | 2 | near Poix-de-Picardie, Somme. | |
w/o |
| 9 May 1944 | NS986 | 418 (City of Edmonton) Sqn RCAF | 0 | IJsselmeer - 13 km north-east of Hoorn, Noord-Holland. | |
w/o |
| 19 June 1944 | NT140 | 418 (City of Edmonton) Sqn RCAF | 2 | The sea 15km west-north-west of Lorient, Britanny. | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Feb-2012 13:42 | Nepa | Added |
| 06-Mar-2014 19:49 | Nepa | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Damage, Narrative] |
| 19-Jul-2014 16:37 | Next | Updated [Narrative] |
| 01-Aug-2014 17:06 | Gloug | Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative] |
| 07-Nov-2014 19:24 | SIS07 | Updated [Location, Phase, Destination airport] |
| 19-Nov-2014 14:23 | Apen | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 28-Jul-2015 18:44 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 18-Oct-2015 16:27 | Lotos | Updated [Cn, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Dec-2018 19:31 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 10-Jul-2021 08:51 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 20-Jan-2022 13:44 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 16-May-2023 21:22 | Nepa | Updated [[Source, Narrative, Operator]] |
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