ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 155244
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| Date: | Saturday 26 August 1944 |
| Time: | 00:38 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XVI |
| Owner/operator: | 692 (Fellowship of the Bellows) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MM140 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF stn Woodbridge, Suffolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Gransden Lodge, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk |
Mosquito MM140: Takeoff at 21:55 hrs for a bomb.mission to Berlin. 25/08/1944
Combat over Brandenburg at 00:38 hrs. 26/08/1944 the aircraft was hit by night fighter pilot Lt. Kurt Welter of the 10./JG 300 in Bf 109 G-6.
It was reported:
Flying at 26,000 ft, just after finishing bomb run over Berlin whilst being coned by searchlights attacked by Me109, hit by cannon shells in starboard wing and suffered burst tyre in starboard wheel, crash-landed at RAF Woodbridge.
Crew:
F/Lt (103001) Cyril Henry BURBIDGE (pilot) RAFVR - Ok (NCO:744495 Commission Gazetted : Friday 05 September, 1941)
Sgt (574129) Ian Lachlan RAMAGE (nav.) RAF - Ok (Officer:56402 Commission Gazetted : Friday 26 January, 1945)
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 692 Sqdn RAF
3.http://www.156squadron.com/display_newpff_roll.asp?ID=692
4.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Apr-2013 14:58 | Nepa | Added |
| 18-Apr-2013 07:08 | Nepa | Updated [Date, Time, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Jun-2013 06:11 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 21-Jul-2014 16:22 | Gerrard | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 21-Aug-2015 11:31 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 04-May-2016 07:19 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 11-May-2019 07:41 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator] |
| 26-Feb-2020 14:46 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 05-Mar-2021 16:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Mar-2021 16:14 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-Mar-2021 12:28 | Don Diego | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 10-Oct-2021 10:44 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 31-Jul-2022 08:01 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Aug-2022 10:48 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Aug-2022 20:15 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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