ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144248
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| Date: | Thursday 29 June 1944 |
| Time: | 02:15 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XVI |
| Owner/operator: | 109 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ML960 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF stn Manston, Kent, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Little Staughton, Bedfordshire |
| RAF Manston, Kent |
Mosquito ML960: Took off at 23:15 hrs for bombing mission. 28/06/1944.
Badly shot about by a night fighter and on return an engine caught fire as the Mosquito near Ramsgate. Damaged by night fighter and crashlanded at 02:15 hrs in RAF Manston. 29/06/1944.
Crew:
F/Lt (102955) David Matthew RUSSELL (pilot) RAFVR - Ok (NCO:740746 Commission Gazetted : Friday 05 September, 1941)
F/O (129541) John Stanley BARKER (nav.) RAFVR - Ok (NCO:1481305 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 12 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 06:16 | Nepa | Added |
| 03-Jun-2014 10:39 | AMarr | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 02-Jul-2014 16:03 | Shout | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 17-Aug-2014 18:51 | Earl | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-Aug-2015 11:53 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 04-Sep-2018 20:14 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
| 24-Oct-2021 23:27 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 25-Oct-2021 20:50 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 28-Jun-2022 07:18 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Jun-2022 21:26 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 30-Jul-2022 06:32 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Aug-2022 21:49 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Aug-2022 07:30 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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