ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 165486
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| Date: | Wednesday 27 September 1944 |
| Time: | 00:01 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 605 (County of Warwick) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NT185 |
| MSN: | UP-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Alt-Osternburg in Oldenburg, Niedersachsen. -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Manston, Kent |
Mosquito NT185/C: Took off at 21:00 hrs for a Night Intruder operation to Varrelbusch /Ahlhorn. 26/09/1944
Missing. Hit by Flak of the leichte Heimat-Flak-Batterie 60/XI.
Crashed in Alt-Osternburg in Oldenburg at 00:01 hrs. 27/09/1944
Crew:
F/Lt (62006) John Norman ANDREWS (pilot) RAFVR - killed
Sgt (1527265) Wilfred FREEMAN (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. ORB 605 Sqdn RAF
3. Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Apr-2014 06:39 | Nepa | Added |
| 31-Jul-2014 07:19 | Scout | Updated [Narrative] |
| 16-Sep-2014 19:39 | Don Diego | Updated [Location] |
| 29-Aug-2015 13:33 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 27-Jan-2019 18:40 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 24-Mar-2021 17:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Mar-2021 11:22 | Lelek | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 30-Aug-2021 22:24 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Jan-2022 23:28 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Jan-2022 19:05 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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