Date:	Friday 4 May 1945
Time:	15:50
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI
Owner/operator:	235 Sqn RAF
Registration:	RS568
MSN:	LA-W
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near Varberg /Getterön airfield. -   Sweden
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Banff, Aberdeenshire
Destination airport:	Varberg /Getterön airfield (ESGV)

Narrative:
Mosquito RS568/W: Took off for Anti shipping patrol over Kattegatt. 04/05/1945
Severely damaged during attack on German ships in Kattegatt. One engine failed.
Crashed during attempted emergency landing in Sweden at 15:50 hrs.
Crew:
F/Lt (121.408) Douglas Keith THORBURN DFC (pilot) RAFVR - killed
W/O (1800904) Leonard William Robert CROCKER (nav.) RAFVR - injured

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.Falkebergs Museum/Lars Wikander: De kom aldrog hem (1994)
3.Wikander, Lars et al: Flygdramatik i Halland under andra världskriget (1995)
4.ORB 235 Sqdn RAF

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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
15-Sep-2011 04:37	Uli Elch	Added
18-Sep-2011 23:58	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative]
04-Mar-2014 19:16	Nepa	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
07-Jun-2014 11:14	Nepa	Updated [Narrative]
27-Sep-2014 20:30	R.Depa	Updated [Source, Narrative]
01-Sep-2015 04:35	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
28-Nov-2015 20:53	QQ3	Updated [Cn, Source]
28-Feb-2019 16:34	Nepa	Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator]
20-May-2019 20:31	Nepa	Updated [Phase, Destination airport, Operator]
20-May-2019 20:32	Nepa	Updated [Location, Operator]
26-Jan-2020 13:46	Uli Elch	Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport]
31-Jan-2020 19:54	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator]
26-Jan-2022 22:59	Nepa	Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]
02-Mar-2022 11:19	Nepa	Updated [Cn, Operator]
18-Jul-2022 11:26	Nepa	Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative, Operator]