ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70298
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| Date: | Monday 4 December 1944 |
| Time: | 19:15 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XVI |
| Owner/operator: | 109 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ML990 |
| MSN: | HS-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | west of Aachen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Little Staughton, Cambridgeshire |
Mosquito ML990/O: Took off at 18:04 hrs for a mission over Karlsruhe. 04/12/1944
Collided at 30,000ft with another 109 Sqn Mosquito PF402 west of Aachen enroute to Karlsruhe. ML990 crew baled out near Gemmenich Belgium. ML990 crashed in Germany in the vicinity of Drielandenpunt (where the borders of Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands meet). P/O Liddle returned to 109 Sqn within 3 days. P/O Smith was injured spending over a week in hospital. PF402 completed the mission and its crew reported a possible collision with ML990.
Crew:-
P/O (182251) John LIDDLE (pilot) RAFVR - Ok (NCO:1147949 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 19 September, 1944)
P/O (????) A. SMITH (nav.) RAFVR - OK
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2. ORB 109 Sqdn RAF
3. London Gazette
4. Albert Smith's autobiography MOSQUITO PATHFINDER (Stackpole Books 2011)
5. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 December 1943 | LR499 | 109 Sqn RAF | 0 | De Bleken, Heeswijk-Dinther, Noord-Brabant. |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Dec-2009 12:00 | NePa | Added |
| 24-Feb-2012 13:11 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Jun-2014 14:38 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 06-Oct-2014 08:14 | Erectus | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 03-Sep-2015 21:21 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 05-Sep-2018 19:01 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 10-Sep-2021 17:16 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 30-Jun-2022 12:29 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 02-Aug-2022 08:05 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Aug-2022 10:31 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
| 02-Aug-2022 12:36 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Aug-2022 18:19 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Jun-2023 06:17 | grapeshot418 | Updated [[Source, Narrative]] |
| 16-Nov-2023 12:32 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 16-Nov-2023 12:33 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 20-Nov-2023 08:59 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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