ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70774
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| Date: | Thursday 27 April 1944 |
| Time: | 02:00 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 141 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DD615 |
| MSN: | TW-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Vischel near Bad Muenstereifel. -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF West Raynham, Norfolk |
Mosquito II DD615: Took off at 23:24hrs for Serrate Patrol at Essen. 27/04/1944
Coned by 4/Flakscheinw Abt 650. Hit by Flak of 1/schw Flak Abt 233 and 4/schw Flak Abt 633. Crashed Sreisheim at 02:00 hrs.
Crew:
S/Ldr (111102) John Charles Noel FORSHAW (Pilot) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1375519 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 23 December, 1941)
P/O (170237) Frank Smith FOLLEY (Nav./W) RAFVR - killed (NCO:713509 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 22 February, 1944)
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.OBR 141 Sqdn RAF
3. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 February 1945 | PZ348 | 141 Sqn RAF | 2 | Hollage, 3km west of center of Wallenhorst, Lower Saxony. | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Dec-2009 00:09 | NePa | Added |
| 11-May-2010 22:43 | nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 02-Mar-2012 06:17 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-May-2014 14:35 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 11-Jun-2015 17:17 | Pipine | Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2015 16:33 | Tu104 | Updated [Cn] |
| 10-Aug-2015 12:01 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 03-Sep-2018 14:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
| 22-Apr-2019 20:01 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 04-Jul-2020 19:38 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 30-Aug-2021 21:40 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Aug-2022 12:17 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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