ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 164527
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| Date: | Tuesday 10 April 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XVI |
| Owner/operator: | 571 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ML963 |
| MSN: | 8K-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Missing. -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Mosquito ML963/F: Took off at 21:37hrs. for mission to Berlin. 10/04/1945 Missing.
Mosquito it was abandoned following an engine fire. Crew evaded four days in Germany until liberated.
Both airmen rejoined their Sqn before the end of the month as 22/04/1945.
Crew:
F/O (179550) Richard David OLIVER (pilot) RAFVR - Evaded (NCO:657349, Gazette of 5th September 1944)
F/Sgt (Aus439521) Lewis Maxwell YOUNG (nav.) RAAF - Evaded
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.156squadron.com/display_newpff_roll.asp?ID=571
3.ORB 571 Sqn_RAF
4. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 June 1944 | ML975 | 571 Sqn RAF | 2 | near Marbeck, 3 km south east of Borken, Nordrhein-Westfalen. | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Mar-2014 18:13 | Nepa | Added |
| 12-Apr-2014 14:32 | Nepa | Updated [Country, Narrative] |
| 02-Jul-2014 16:14 | Shout | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Sep-2014 20:19 | Victor | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 11-Sep-2015 20:15 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Narrative] |
| 18-Jan-2019 19:34 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 26-Oct-2021 23:26 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 11-Feb-2022 09:22 | hewman100 | Updated [Cn, Narrative] |
| 07-Jun-2022 18:31 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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