ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 152376
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| Date: | Thursday 24 August 1944 |
| Time: | 01:10 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XX |
| Owner/operator: | 608 (County of York North Riding) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | KB242 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF stn Woodbridge, Suffolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market, Norfolk |
| RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk |
Mosquito KB242: Took off at 23:35 hrs for a bombing operation over Köln.23/08/1944
Hit by Flak and a night fighter Hptm Friedrich Karl Müller of the 1./NJGr.10 near Eindhoven.
Escaped by diving from 8,000 to 3,000 metres. Crash-landed at RAF Woodbridge at 01:10 hrs.
Crew:
F/Lt (J/5122) Stuard Douglas WEBB (pilot) RCAF - Ok
F/O (164124) John CAMPBELL (nav.) RAFVR - Ok (NCO:1670594 Commission Gazetted : Friday 09 June, 1944)
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 608 Sqdn RAF
3.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Jan-2013 03:41 | Nepa | Added |
| 23-Oct-2013 19:23 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 21-Jul-2014 16:07 | Gerrard | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 22-Feb-2015 09:43 | Shuntt | Updated [Narrative] |
| 21-Aug-2015 11:29 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 22-Feb-2016 08:37 | AlLah | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 12-Mar-2019 17:49 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator] |
| 18-Aug-2019 14:12 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Mar-2021 15:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Aug-2021 08:01 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 29-Jan-2022 21:13 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 31-Jul-2022 07:53 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Aug-2022 10:50 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Aug-2022 20:12 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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