ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 186497
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| Date: | Saturday 16 September 1944 |
| Time: | 02:05 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XX |
| Owner/operator: | 608 (County of York North Riding) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | KB228 |
| MSN: | 6T-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | near Berlin. -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market, Norfolk |
| RAF Coltishall, Norfolk |
Mosquito KB228/C: Took off at 13:50 hrs for mission over Berlin. 15/09/1944
While flying at 21,000 ft severely damaged in two Bf 109G night fighter attacks whilst being coned in searchlights over Berlin, but managed to evade. A/c feather the engine return home.
Navigator was struck in the eye with a fragment of shattered perspex and Pilot was hit in the right cheek - the starboard engine caught fire. I flipped the aircraft on to its back and made a vertical 180 degree turn which took me out of the searchlight cone. Claim by Lt.Welter of 10./JG300. Landing at 02:05 hrs.16/09/1944
Crew:
F/O (172.187) Noel Douglas WILKINSON (pilot) RAFVR - Ok
F/Sgt (1587113) Wallace Bernard DALE (nav.) RAFVR - Ok
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.kommando-welter.de/?p=71
3.ORB 608 Sqdn RAF
4.Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Apr-2016 19:23 | Nepa | Added |
| 17-Apr-2016 09:04 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 10-Feb-2019 09:28 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 27-Mar-2021 14:27 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Mar-2021 14:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Damage] |
| 27-Mar-2021 14:29 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 30-Aug-2021 22:14 | TB | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Damage, Narrative, Operator] |
| 02-Feb-2022 20:19 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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