ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144240
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| Date: | Sunday 2 July 1944 |
| Time: | 02:25 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XVI |
| Owner/operator: | 109 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ML931 |
| MSN: | HS-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF stn Woodbridge, Suffolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Little Staughton, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk |
Mosquito ML931: Took off for bombing mission over Scholven. 01/07/1944
Damaged by AA and a night fighter returning from mission. At 01:35 hrs and near the Dutch coast, the aircraft was intercepted and shot up by Oblt. Hans-Joachim Fincke and his Funker Uffz. Petzold of the 2./NJG 1 based at Venlo airfield, who patrolled in Himmelbett box Gorilla between 23:32 and 02:06 hrs, using a Heinkel He 219 A-0. Crash-landed at 02:25 hrs in RAF Woodbridge. 02/07/1944
Crew:
F/Lt (121939) Leonard "Len" GATRILL DFC (pilot) RAFVR - Ok (NCO:1375314 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 09 June, 1942)
F/O (134527) Alan James BURNETT DFC (nav.) RAFVR - Ok (NCO:986318 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 05 January, 1943)
Sources:
1.http://www.156squadron.com/display_newpff_roll.asp?ID=109
2.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
3.ORB 109 Sqdn RAF
4.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Mar-2012 03:26 | Nepa | Added |
| 07-Jun-2014 21:40 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Jul-2014 14:38 | Shout | Updated [Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 17-Aug-2015 08:10 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Phase, Narrative] |
| 28-Feb-2017 13:55 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Sep-2018 20:14 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 16-Oct-2020 19:29 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Oct-2021 23:34 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 01-Jul-2022 08:09 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
| 01-Aug-2022 21:58 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Aug-2022 06:32 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Sep-2022 17:45 | Anon. | Updated [Cn] |
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