ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 186400
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| Date: | Friday 6 October 1944 |
| Time: | 20:30 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XX |
| Owner/operator: | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | KB162 |
| MSN: | XD-Y |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | near Berlin. -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Warboys, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Warboys |
Mosquito KB162/Y: Takeoff at 17:30 hrs for Bombing Raid to Berlin. 06/10/1944
While flying at 8000–7000 metres, the aircraft was damaged by Lt. Kurt Welter & Unteroffizier Anton Schmid of the 10./JG 300, who were flying Messerschmitt Bf 109G/AS fighter aircraft. Landing at 22:20 hrs in base.
Crew:
F/Lt (69489) Geoffrey Griffith ABRAHAM (pilot) RAFVR - Ok
F/O (154.643) Donald Herbert GANNON (nav.) RAFVR - Ok
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 139 Sqdn RAF
3.Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 October 1944 | KB162 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Upwood, Cambridgeshire, England |  |
min |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Apr-2016 20:18 | Nepa | Added |
| 04-Jun-2016 18:08 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative] |
| 29-Jan-2019 17:06 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 27-Mar-2021 14:38 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Mar-2021 14:39 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 31-Aug-2021 10:40 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 30-Sep-2021 11:00 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Narrative, Operator] |
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