ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 141241
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| Date: | Tuesday 27 February 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk XVI |
| Owner/operator: | 1409 Met Flt RAF |
| Registration: | NS731 |
| MSN: | AE-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Simmern/Hunsrück, Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire |
Mosquito NS731: Took off for a weather reconnaissance (operation Pampa) sortie in Mainz area. 27/02/1945
Missing from met. flight. Damaged by 3 enemy fighters, finished off by flak. Crash landed and burst into flames.
Crew:
Pilot : Squadron Leader Robert Duncan McLaren DFC RAFVR 73003 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Lieutenant Joseph Arthur Laurent Lymburner DFC & Bar RCAF J/16573 [Injured - was confined in Hospital due to injuries when US Army captured city. (Never a PoW )
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nbpennfi/penn8b2Lymburner_JAL.htm
3. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
4. https://www.rcafassociation.ca/heritage/search-awards/?search=73003&searchfield=servicenumber&type=all
5. https://www.rcafassociation.ca/heritage/search-awards/?search=J16573&searchfield=servicenumber&type=all
6. https://sites.rootsweb.com/~nbpennfi/penn8b2Lymburner_JAL.htm
7. https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2048035
8. https://aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=duval&qand=18359&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jan-2012 05:15 | Nepa | Added |
| 30-Jan-2012 06:26 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport] |
| 09-Apr-2014 14:16 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 29-Jun-2014 18:22 | MiG21 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 02-Aug-2014 12:21 | MiG21 | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Aug-2014 16:58 | Cliford | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 29-Aug-2014 09:29 | Jixon | Updated [Location] |
| 31-Aug-2015 15:13 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 14-Feb-2019 19:05 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 06-Oct-2021 21:40 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 03-Aug-2022 06:29 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Feb-2024 09:04 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Mar-2024 13:58 | tachel | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative] |
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