ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144222
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| Date: | Thursday 19 October 1944 |
| Time: | 01:30 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XVI |
| Owner/operator: | 109 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MM178 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wormhoudt near Adinkerke, West Flanders -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Little Staughton, Bedfordshire |
Mosquito MM178: Took off at 00:08 hrs for Night bombing mission to Pforzheim. (Ger.) 19/10/1944
Together with four other Mosquitoes flew on Pforzheim (near Stuttgart) in thick cumulus cloud at 30,000 feet. Mossie MM178 been shot down AAA although nothing further was heard from this aircraft. Mossie exploded at 01:30 hrs. The plane crashed near Groot Moerhof, which was an airfield at Adinkerke.
Crew:
S/Ldr (42006) Desmond Hayward Sidley KAY DFC and Bar (pilot) RAF - killed
F/O (Aus.403514) Keith Frederick HYNES (nav.) RAAF - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. ORB 109 Sqdn RAF
3.CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Mar-2012 05:47 | Nepa | Added |
| 26-Jul-2014 14:07 | wilbur | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 01-Sep-2015 15:44 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 16-Mar-2016 19:04 | Next | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Sep-2018 20:20 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-May-2019 17:19 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 24-Dec-2021 10:49 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 01-Aug-2022 21:48 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 12-Nov-2022 22:57 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 29-Oct-2023 17:21 | Nepa | Updated [[Location]] |
| 28-Dec-2023 19:51 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Narrative, Operator] |
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