Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XX KB271,
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Date:Monday 5 March 1945
Time:20:15
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XX
Owner/operator:139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF
Registration: KB271
MSN: XD-T
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF stn Upwood, Huntingdonshire, England. -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Upwood, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:RAF Upwood
Narrative:
Mosquito KB271/T: Took off at 18:08 hrs for mission over Berlin. 05/03/1945
Overshoot runway and crashed at 20:15 hrs on return to RAF Upwood.
Crew:
F/Lt (Aus.413789) Augustine O'GRADY DFC (pilot) RAAF - Ok
F/Lt (156392) Leslie Douglas GROOME DFC (nav.) RAFVR - Ok (NCO:754142 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 12 October, 1943)

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.
2.http://www.lostbombers.co.uk/bomber.php?id=1094
3.http://www.156squadron.com/display_newpff_roll.asp?ID=139
4.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
02-Apr-2011 02:59 Nepa Added
18-Nov-2011 05:22 Nepa Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
30-Jan-2012 06:08 Nepa Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
06-Mar-2012 09:47 Nepa Updated [Operator]
25-Jul-2014 13:32 Paix Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]
01-Aug-2014 12:04 Paix Updated [Narrative]
11-Oct-2014 20:14 James JUMP Updated [Narrative]
24-Aug-2015 16:51 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative]
01-Mar-2016 17:34 Charlie Harper Updated [Cn, Narrative]
19-Jun-2019 20:28 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator]
29-Sep-2021 18:21 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
03-Aug-2022 17:31 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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