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Date: | Friday 5 January 1945 |
Time: | 19:35 |
Type: | de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk 25 |
Owner/operator: | 16 OTU RAF |
Registration: | KB443 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Missing - North Sea -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Mosquito KB443: Took off at 19:05 hrs for a night navigation exercise. 05/01/1945
Missing. The aircraft came down off the coast North Sea at 19:35 hrs.
Crew:
F/Lt (49811) Wilfred Aubrey MOORE (pilot) RAF - killed (NCO:539617 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 20 October, 1942)
F/Sgt (1365238) Alexander SINCLAIR (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.https://aviationresearch.my-free.website/16-operational-training-unit-1940-1945
3.Henk Welting's Database
4.ORB 16 OTU RAF
5.CWGC
2.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Jun-2012 12:09 |
Nepa |
Added |
22-Jul-2014 11:46 |
Taillor |
Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
15-Apr-2015 04:21 |
T.T.Taylor |
Updated [Location] |
11-Sep-2015 06:20 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
14-Feb-2019 19:08 |
Nepa |
Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
30-Nov-2021 11:09 |
Nepa |
Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
05-Aug-2022 06:55 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |