ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 164656
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| Date: | Monday 15 January 1945 |
| Time: | 02:34 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 128 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MM194 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Chatteris, Huntingdonshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire |
| RAF Wyton |
Mosquito MM194/K: Took off at 21:00 hrs for mission to Berlin. 14/01/1945
During the return he was running low on fuel. F/O Heitman touched down on the runway, when the throttle stuck and he was unable to land the aircraft. He was then told to climb a then crew bailed out.
P/O Gould did this successfully when an engine cought fire and the aircraft was out of control before
the pilot could bale out and aircraft dived into the ground at 02:34 hrs. 15/01/1945
Crew:
F/Lt (Aus.409918) Alan Walter HEITMANN (pilot) RAAF - killed
P/O (188552) Arthur Neville GOULD (nav.) RAFVR - bailed out /OK (NCO:1653387 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 16 January, 1945)
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.156squadron.com/display_newpff_roll.asp?ID=128
3.ORB 128 Sqdn RAF
4.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Mar-2014 14:46 | Nepa | Added |
| 21-Jul-2014 12:28 | Kraus | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 11-Sep-2015 06:47 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
| 29-Apr-2019 15:14 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 09-Feb-2021 11:51 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 06-Nov-2021 23:13 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 02-Aug-2022 14:14 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Aug-2022 17:06 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Aug-2022 07:00 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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