ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51328
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| Date: | Saturday 9 October 1943 |
| Time: | 12:10 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 464 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | HP850 |
| MSN: | SB-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 2 km south of IJzendijke, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Sculthorpe, Norfolk |
Mosquito HP850/Q: Took off at 11:10 hrs for mission Daylight attack to Metz/Wolpry. 09/10/1943
Missing. Purpose Bombing aircraft engine plant in Woippy at Metz. Departed at 11:10 hrs with 10/10 Rain over the sea, the Netherlands and doelgebied.Wolkenbasis at 500 feet. At Scheldemomd strong air defense and "SB-Q" crashed 2km south of the IJzendijke Clara Polder, with barns and farm Mollekot M. de Dobbelaere. Both pilots were buried the next day Yzendijke. Shot down by AA Wolpry at 12:10 hrs. 09/10/1943.
Crew:
F/Lt (42902) Robert WINSTONE - SMITH (pilot) RAF - killed
F/O (J/13787) Charles Grant McDONALD (obs) RCAF - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 464 Sqdn RAAF
3.https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 January 1944 | LR259 | 464 Sqn RAAF | 2 | 6m NE of Banbury nr RAF stn Chipping Warden,Northamptonshire, England |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Nov-2009 10:56 | NePa | Updated |
| 25-Dec-2009 10:48 | NePa | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 13-Nov-2010 08:23 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
| 12-Jun-2014 18:57 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Aug-2014 13:06 | Komes123 | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 20-Nov-2014 17:01 | Glock G19 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 03-Aug-2015 11:10 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2016 16:28 | Next | Updated [Cn, Narrative] |
| 06-Oct-2018 09:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source] |
| 06-Oct-2018 09:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 23-Nov-2021 10:48 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 23-Nov-2021 10:53 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
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