ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144409
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| Date: | Monday 7 August 1944 |
| Time: | 01:00 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XX |
| Owner/operator: | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | KB202 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF stn Upwood, Huntingdonshire, England. -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire |
| RAF Upwood |
Mosquito KB202: Took off at 22:15 hrs. for Night mission to Castrop-Rauxel (Ger.). 06/08/1944
Hit ground during overshoot in fog RAF Upwood at 01:00 hrs. 07/08/1944
On 01:00 hrs 07/08/1944 crashed into a house at RAF Upwood while trying to land in fog. Four people died in the accident. Two were members of 156 Sqdn which had just returned to the house after coming back from a night mission over Germany.
Crew:
F/Lt (67700) John Henry KENNY DFC & Bar (pilot) RAF - killed (NCO:1187932 Commission Gazetted : Friday 27 June, 1941)
F/O (147010) Martin Henry Ove LEVIN DFC (nav.) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1381764 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 27 July, 1943)
In House died:
F/Sgt (1479035) Allan Lawson ROOKES (156 Sqn) RAFVR - killed
F/Sgt (1503796) David WINLOW (156 Sqn) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.156squadron.com/display_newpff_roll.asp?ID=139
3.ORB 139 Sqdn RAF
4.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Mar-2012 12:47 | Nepa | Added |
| 15-Mar-2012 13:20 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
| 25-Jul-2014 12:09 | Zoom | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 23-Aug-2015 11:26 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 10-May-2019 16:22 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 07-Sep-2021 11:14 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 07-Sep-2021 11:15 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 07-Dec-2021 18:48 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 29-Jun-2022 11:46 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Operator] |
| 31-Jul-2022 06:47 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Aug-2022 22:50 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Aug-2022 20:06 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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