ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50666
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| Date: | Monday 30 October 1944 |
| Time: | 20:00 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk XIX |
| Owner/operator: | 85 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MM628 |
| MSN: | VY-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Veldkampseweg road at Barchem, 1km south-weat of Laren, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Swannington, Norfolk |
Mosquito MM628/V: Took off at 19:25 hrs for a High bomber support mission to Köln in Germany. 30/10/1944
Missing. Mosquito came down at 20:00hrs, 1km SW Laren, 5km NW Lochen, likely the victim of a night fighter.
Crew:
F/Sgt (658783) Joseph POTTS (pilot) RAF - killed
F/Sgt (1600555) Peter Frederick John COPP (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.ORB 85 Sqdn RAF
3. http://www.swannington-norfolk.co.uk/index-page6.html.
4. http://www.luftwaffe-bullet-board.com/viewtopic.php?t=15557&highlight=mosquito
5. Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 16-Nov-2009 11:56 | NePa | Updated |
| 20-Sep-2011 00:23 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2011 03:45 | nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Jun-2012 02:38 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source] |
| 24-Jun-2014 16:47 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 02-Sep-2015 21:30 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 19-Oct-2015 18:25 | Rata | Updated [Cn] |
| 30-Oct-2019 08:28 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 30-Mar-2021 09:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Mar-2021 09:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 30-Mar-2021 09:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 30-Mar-2021 11:29 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 31-Aug-2021 20:13 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator] |
| 03-Sep-2021 10:53 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Phase, Source] |
| 03-Sep-2021 17:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Sep-2021 08:51 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 06-Jan-2022 19:27 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 09-Jan-2022 12:54 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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