ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49600
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| Date: | Monday 27 November 1944 |
| Time: | 20:10 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XVI |
| Owner/operator: | 109 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ML979 |
| MSN: | HS-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | IJsselmeer near Kampen, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Mosquito ML979/A: Took off at 18:38 hrs for a bombing operation against Neuss (Ger.). 27/11/1944
The Mossie was hit by ground fire and abandoned over the IJsselmeer 10-15 km west of Kampen at 20:10 hrs.
Crew:
F/Lt (106108) Maurice WILLIAMSON DFC (pilot) RAFVR - PoW (NCO:1052895 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 28 October, 1941)
F/O (173155) Alfred Edward KITCHEN (nav.) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1152104 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 18 April, 1944)
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2. ORB 109 Sqdn RAF
3. CWGC
4. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 16-Nov-2009 12:13 | NePa | Updated |
| 21-Nov-2009 10:57 | NePa | Updated |
| 03-Jul-2014 06:13 | ABBA | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Sep-2015 20:27 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 13-Dec-2015 16:06 | DB | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 05-Sep-2018 18:58 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Sep-2018 18:59 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 01-Dec-2019 10:37 | Anon. | Updated [Date] |
| 01-Dec-2019 10:37 | harro | Updated [Date, Location, Source] |
| 31-Oct-2020 10:23 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Operator] |
| 04-Sep-2021 09:12 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Sep-2021 22:33 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 02-Oct-2021 18:01 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
| 21-Feb-2022 18:53 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 20-Jun-2022 22:13 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 02-Aug-2022 06:55 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Aug-2022 12:39 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Aug-2022 19:34 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Oct-2023 16:26 | Nepa | Updated [[Source, Narrative]] |
| 14-Nov-2023 23:00 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 20-Nov-2023 08:37 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source] |
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