ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 188456
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| Date: | Saturday 15 May 1943 |
| Time: | 01:20 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 151 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DZ749 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | RAF stn Colerne, Wiltshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Colerne, Wiltshire |
| RAF Colerne |
14-May-1943
Night Rangers were carried out over Holland and Belgium. In these sorties, S/Ldr Robertson & F/Sgt Daly shot up a train in Belgium and a motor boat on a Dutch canal.
Mosquito DZ749: Took off at 21:25hrs for Night Ranger mission. 14/05/1943
During the sortie, they attacked the train in France. F/Sgt Knight & Sgt Roberts got strikes on the front and rear of a goods train and brought it to a halt. On the way back their aircraft was hit by light flak, causing damage to the fuselage and rudder controls, but a safe landing was made. 01:20hrs.15/05/1943
Crew:
F/Sgt (547140) Earl Allan "Tex" KNIGHT (pilot) RAF - Ok
Sgt (1394644) William Ivor Lewis ROBERTS (obs.) RAFVR – Ok
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.151squadron.org.uk
3.ORB 151 Sqdn RAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Jul-2016 11:14 | Nepa | Added |
| 01-Jul-2016 19:38 | Nepa | Updated [Date, Registration, Narrative] |
| 07-Sep-2018 14:00 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 17-Sep-2021 22:07 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 25-Dec-2021 18:45 | Nepa | Updated [Date, Time, Narrative, Operator] |
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