ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 166173
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| Date: | Tuesday 17 October 1944 |
| Time: | 01:00 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XVI |
| Owner/operator: | 692 (Fellowship of the Bellows) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MM118 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near RAF stn Graveley, Cambridgeshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Graveley, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Graveley |
Mosquito MM118: Took off at 22:10 hrs for bombing mission over Cologne. 16/10/1944
Whilst in the vicinity of RAF Graveley the aircraft flew into the ground on the last turn into the wind prior to landing using oval orbit procedure in cloud. The pilot had misread the altimeter by 1,000ft
The crew sustained minor injuries
Crew:
F/Lt (125980) George Douglas Tolley NAIRN (pilot) RAFVR - Ok (NCO:1342276 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 30 March, 1943)
Sgt (1482190) Daniel LUNN (nav.) RAFVR - Ok
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 692 Sqdn RAF
3.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-May-2014 08:07 | Nepa | Added |
| 13-May-2014 08:11 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 26-Jul-2014 13:37 | Route | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 31-Aug-2015 13:48 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 05-May-2019 17:15 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 10-Oct-2021 16:56 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 01-Aug-2022 06:57 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Aug-2022 22:18 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Aug-2022 19:54 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2023 17:51 | Anon. | Updated [[Source, Narrative]] |
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