ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 152126
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| Date: | Monday 29 May 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk XIII |
| Owner/operator: | 604 (County of Middlesex) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MM503 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | English Channel, Lyme Bay -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hurn, Hampshire |
Mosquito MM503: Took off for Scramble on bogey. 29/05/1944
An aircraft of 604 Squadron was scrambled in the early hours of the morning for a ‘bogey’ in the Cherbourg area. The ‘bogey’ was identified as friendly and on setting course for home our aircraft was engaged by one of our own night fighters and just north of Start Point and shot down. The pilot managed to bale out and was rescued by the Navy but the Observer, apparently unable to jettison the door was drowned.
Shot down on patrol in error by Beaufighter MM920 (WM-Y) 68 Sqn in Lyme Bay.
Mosquito MM503 was showing (unreadable) lights and I.F.F.
Crew:
F/Lt (68131) Clifford Leslie HARRIS (pilot) RAF- baled out /Ok
Sgt (649237) Eric Bloud HOPKINSON (nav.) RAFVR - baled out /killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 604 Sqdn RAF
3.History of 68 Sqn RAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Dec-2012 15:32 | Nepa | Added |
| 29-Dec-2012 15:34 | Nepa | Updated [Date, Operator] |
| 16-Aug-2014 21:34 | Heil | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 14-Sep-2014 22:55 | Glock G19 | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 11-Aug-2015 05:22 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 09-May-2019 12:59 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator] |
| 06-Aug-2019 19:31 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 01-Feb-2022 18:14 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 06-Sep-2023 18:07 | Nepa | Updated [[Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]] |
| 18-Mar-2024 22:15 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
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