ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71100
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| Date: | Friday 25 February 1944 |
| Time: | 01:20 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 239 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DZ270 |
| MSN: | HB-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Missing - English Channel -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF West Raynham, Norfolk |
Mosquito DZ270/Q: Took off at 21:35 hrs for bomber support mission to Augsburg. 25/02/1944.
Missing. This aircraft is presumed lost in the sea.
At 01:20 hrs, a very weak message was picked up by RAF North Weald from this aircraft, “Vectoring 300 – still being fired at". Nothing more was heard. 26/02/1944
Crew:
F/O (52153) Earl Allan KNIGHT (pilot) RAF - killed (NCO:547140 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 06 July, 1943)
F/O (128562) Desmond Patrick DOYLE (nav.) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1153760 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 08 September, 1942)
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 239 Sqdn RAF
3.CWGC
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 February 1944 | DZ270 | 239 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn West Raynham, Norfolk, England | |
min |
| 22 March 1944 | HJ714 | 239 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn West Raynham, Norfolk, England | |
min |
| 31 March 1944 | HJ714 | 239 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn West Raynham, Norfolk, England | |
non |
| 1 April 1944 | HJ714 | 239 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn West Raynham, Norfolk, England | |
min |
| 28 May 1944 | HJ714 | 239 Sqn RAF | 0 | near Renswoude - Veenendaal, Utrecht. |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jan-2010 08:15 | NePa | Added |
| 14-Jun-2014 13:02 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2014 08:00 | Xindel | Updated [Location] |
| 28-Dec-2014 22:15 | Dandy | Updated [Location] |
| 14-Jun-2015 07:40 | Opietz | Updated [Time, Cn, Narrative] |
| 07-Aug-2015 12:55 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 07-Apr-2019 13:03 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 20-Oct-2021 17:15 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 15-Nov-2023 20:32 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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