ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 152374
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| Date: | Saturday 16 September 1944 |
| Time: | 01:59 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XX |
| Owner/operator: | 608 (County of York North Riding) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | KB239 |
| MSN: | 6T-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near the railway station of Rangsdorf, Brandenburg. -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market, Norfolk |
Mosquito KB239/G: Took off at 23:45 hrs for Night mission to Berlin.15/09/1944
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter Feldwebel Fritz Reichenbach of the 10./JG 300 at Bf 109 G/AS.
Crashed in Rangsdorf at 01:59 hrs.16/09/1944
Crew:
F/Lt (J/11053) Bert Howard SMITH (pilot) RCAF - killed
Sgt (1338509) Leonard Frederick PEGG (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 608 Sqdn RAF
3.http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/70/a4233070.shtml
4.Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Jan-2013 03:22 | Nepa | Added |
| 25-Jul-2014 12:53 | HB | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 26-Aug-2015 09:59 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 22-Feb-2016 09:03 | AlLah | Updated [Operator, Location, Source] |
| 11-Mar-2016 15:07 | Froome | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-Apr-2016 20:06 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Sep-2018 16:29 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Sep-2019 17:56 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 29-Oct-2019 15:51 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 08-Mar-2021 19:47 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Aug-2021 21:53 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 02-Feb-2022 19:49 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 02-Feb-2022 20:28 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
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