ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71008
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| Date: | Wednesday 19 August 1942 |
| Time: | 16:15 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 105 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4065 |
| MSN: | GB-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Scharmbeck, Lower Saxony. -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Horsham St. Faith, Norfolk |
Mosquito W4065/N: Took off at 13:02 hrs to carry out an armed PR mission to Bremen (Ger.) 19/08/1942
Damaged by flak fire W of Bremen and fighting with Lt. Gerd Steiger 2./JG1 Bf109 at 10 km NE of Scharmbeck.
Crash at 16:15 hrs.
Crew:
P/O (Aus.404658) Charles Dermont KELLY (pilot) RAAF - Killed
P/O (102142) Francis James HARNIMAN (obs) RAFVR - injured /PoW (NCO:1258270 Commission Gazetted : Friday 22 August, 1941)
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 105 Sqdn RAF
3.AIR81/17308
4.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 June 1942 | W4065 | 105 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Horsham St.Faith, Norfolk, England |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Jan-2010 10:42 | NePa | Added |
| 05-Feb-2012 13:49 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Mar-2014 15:14 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 16-Jun-2014 09:30 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 13-Aug-2014 12:40 | Digger | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 22-Jul-2015 09:21 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 24-Feb-2016 09:14 | Next | Updated [Cn] |
| 11-Apr-2016 13:51 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Jan-2018 17:49 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 09-Sep-2018 06:41 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 27-Jan-2019 21:06 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 18-May-2020 11:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities] |
| 18-May-2020 12:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 18-May-2020 12:21 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 09-Jun-2020 09:49 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source, Operator] |
| 27-Jul-2021 20:55 | TB | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 13-Oct-2021 20:28 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 13-Oct-2021 20:28 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 27-Jul-2022 21:06 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Aug-2022 13:34 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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