ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 164375
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| Date: | Thursday 18 January 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 605 (County of Warwick) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PZ390 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Terheeg, North Rhine-Westphalia. -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Blackbushe, Hampshire |
Mosquito PZ390: Took off at 05:17 hrs for day intruder mission and attack transport in the Erkelenz/Heinsberg area. 18/01/1945
A secondary target was to attack railways in the Wesel/Munster/Osnabruck area. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it failed to return to base.
At dawn on the 18 January 1945, there was a half hour silence until the day shift went into action. Some Germans had just left the shelter when an aircraft appeared from the west with motors shut off at about a height of 100 feet. Shortly after it crossed the railway line near Terheeg, and there was a strong flash and the aircraft exploded and disintegrated. It was thought that the aircraft had hit a high tension cable, and pieces of wreckage were spread over a wide are.
Crew:
F/O (Aus.414806) Graham Murray LUMSDEN (pilot) RAAF - killed
F/O (Aus.418831) Colin Cuthill GIBSON (nav.) RAAF - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 605 Sqdn RAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Mar-2014 15:43 | Nepa | Added |
| 06-Jun-2014 15:14 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 19-Nov-2014 14:47 | J.Paco | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 03-Sep-2015 08:23 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
| 23-May-2019 11:37 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Jan-2022 23:35 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Jan-2022 22:12 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
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