ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49273
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| Date: | Friday 5 January 1945 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 169 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NT116 |
| MSN: | VI-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sterksel, Maarheeze, Noord-Brabant. -
 Netherlands
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Great Massingham, Norfolk |
Mosquito NT116: Took off at 17:00 hrs for patrol SW of Duisburg /bomber support over Hannover. 05/01/1945
Missing. The crew strayed from their path on the way home and were downed by their own who mistook them for the enemy.
Crew:
F/Sgt (1243202) Roland Jervis KELLER (pilot) RAFVR - killed
F/Sgt (339807) Joseph Bonaventure THORBURN (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 169 Sqdn RAF
3.http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/features/weekend/6828571
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 March 1944 | HJ711 | 169 Sqn RAF | 1 | Neu-Moresnet, Kelmis, province of Liège. |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 11-Nov-2009 03:43 | NePa | Updated |
| 23-Dec-2011 10:02 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Apr-2014 06:26 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 17-Aug-2015 14:37 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 18-Mar-2019 20:46 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 23-Dec-2021 10:56 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 27-Jan-2022 22:26 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 21-Jun-2022 20:17 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 23-Jun-2022 08:08 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source] |
| 28-Jun-2022 13:58 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 28-Jun-2022 13:59 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 01-Jul-2022 17:04 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Source] |
| 08-Aug-2022 17:24 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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