ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70691
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| Date: | Sunday 22 August 1943 |
| Time: | 09:20 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 307 (Lwowskich Puchaczy) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HJ655 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | English Channel, south-west of Land' s End, Cornwall, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Predannack, Cornwall |
Mosquito HJ655: Take off at 08:30 hrs for Instep patrol over Bay of Biscay 22/08/1943
ASR failed to return over the Channel after tail shot off by Fw 190 near Land´s End.
The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-5 was flown by Oberleutnant Heinz Wurm of the 1./Seeaufklärungsgruppe 128.
Crew:
F/Sgt (P/793270) Tadeusz ECKHERT (pol.pilot) PAF - killed
F/O (P.1816) Konrad MALUSZEK (pol.obs) PAF - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.polishsquadronsremembered.com/
3.ORB 307 Sqdn RAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Dec-2009 12:15 | NePa | Added |
| 04-Nov-2011 01:52 | Nepa | Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Feb-2012 02:41 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 27-May-2014 17:32 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Sep-2014 14:08 | Siczak | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 30-Jul-2015 18:49 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 25-Mar-2019 19:43 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 17-Jan-2021 10:17 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 30-Mar-2021 13:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Sep-2021 10:05 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 26-Feb-2022 10:08 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Operator] |
| 04-Apr-2022 21:01 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
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