Date:	Sunday 11 June 1944
Time:	02:48
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XVI
Owner/operator:	571 Sqn RAF
Registration:	MM125
MSN:	8K-M
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Klampduin, 4 km south-west of Bergen, Noord-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Mosquito MM125/M: Took off at 23:55 hrs for a bombing mission over Berlin. 10/06/1944
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hptm Modrow & Unteroffizier Schneider of the 1./NJG 1, who were flying Heinkel He 219 A-0 G9+AK from Venlo airfield. Crashed at 02:48hrs.11/06/1944
Crew:
F/Lt (116504) Joseph DOWNEY DFM (pilot) RAFVR - killed (NCO:742499 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 17 March, 1942)
P/O (53219) Ronald Arthur WELLINGTON (nav.) RAF- POW (NCO:1382508 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 14 October, 1941)

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 Sqdn RAF
4.POW list RAF
5.CWGC
6.Global Losses Database (Henk Welting) Database
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

26 March 1945

PF438

571 Sqn RAF

0

RAF stn Oakington, Cambridgeshire, England

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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-Dec-2008 11:45	ASN archive	Added
13-Nov-2009 10:31	NePa	Updated
07-Mar-2014 07:48	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
13-Aug-2014 12:05	Scout	Updated [Narrative]
01-Oct-2014 19:32	Froome	Updated [Narrative]
16-Aug-2015 14:47	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
04-Feb-2019 21:20	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator]
27-Apr-2019 08:40	Nepa	Updated [Location, Operator]
05-Oct-2020 15:34	TigerTimon	Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]
30-Oct-2020 22:02	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator]
25-Oct-2021 10:14	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
30-Jul-2022 06:48	Rob Davis	Updated [Source, Narrative]
02-Aug-2022 21:38	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
05-Aug-2022 07:19	Rob Davis	Updated [Source, Narrative]