Date:	Saturday 3 February 1945
Time:	22:05
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XVI
Owner/operator:	105 Sqn RAF
Registration:	MM151
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near Advanced Landing Ground B.83 Knocke-Le-Zoute, West Flanders. -   Belgium
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Bourn, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:	B.83 Knocke-Le-Zoute (Belg.)

Narrative:
Mosquito MM151: Took off at 17:36 hrs for a Bombing mission over Wurzburg. 03/02/1945
Ran short of fuel on return and feather one engine overshot landing and other engine cut crashlanded Knocke.
Homebound, low on fuel and with the stuboad engine stopped the crew heuded for Knocke-Le-Zoute airfield.
On approach the port engine cut, out of petrol and moss crashed at 22:05 hrs.
Crew:
F/Lt (100779) David Mitchell SMITH (pilot) RAFVR - injured (Commission Gazetted : Friday 01 August, 1941)
Sgt (1809437) Kenneth Rothwell ASPDEN (nav.) RAFVR - injured

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt

2.http://www.156squadron.com/display_newpff_roll.asp?ID=105
3.ORB 105 Sqdn RAF
4.Global Losses Database
5.Henk Welting Database
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
09-Mar-2012 05:45	Nepa	Added
09-Mar-2012 06:02	Nepa	Updated [Narrative]
09-Mar-2012 06:08	Anon.	Updated [Narrative]
09-Oct-2014 15:19	Taylor	Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative]
16-Sep-2015 14:07	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative]
09-Sep-2018 08:21	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator]
14-Oct-2021 16:30	Nepa	Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]
11-Jan-2022 22:10	Nepa	Updated [Date, Time, Phase, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator]
25-Jun-2022 15:10	Ron Averes	Updated [Location]
03-Aug-2022 06:13	Rob Davis	Updated [Source, Narrative]
03-Aug-2022 11:47	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
04-Aug-2022 17:26	Rob Davis	Updated [Source, Narrative]