Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk XVI MM300,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70505
 
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Date:Wednesday 6 September 1944
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk XVI
Owner/operator:540 Sqn RAF
Registration: MM300
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Busenberg at Oberschlettenbach, Südliche Weinstraße. -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Benson, Oxfordshire
Destination airport:San Severo airfield
Narrative:
Mosquito MM300: Took off at 11:00hrs for PR mission to Munich. 06/09/1944
Missing. Shot down by Me 262 /pilot Walter Nowotny.
Crew:
S/Ldr (40380) James Grant FLEMING (pilot) RAF - killed
F/O (141.851) Harold CLARK (nav.) RAFVR - killed

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 540 Sqdn RAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
16-Dec-2009 22:46 NePa Added
24-Nov-2011 14:38 Nepa Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
16-May-2014 08:40 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
13-Jul-2014 15:55 J.Paco Updated [Narrative]
19-Aug-2015 16:33 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
26-Dec-2018 19:49 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
01-May-2019 13:08 Nepa Updated [Location, Operator]
08-Oct-2021 16:35 Nepa Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]

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