ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 72199
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| Date: | Wednesday 15 March 1944 |
| Time: | 23:05 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 169 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HJ711 |
| MSN: | VI-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Neu-Moresnet, Kelmis, province of Liège. -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Little Snoring, Norfolk |
Mosquito HJ711/P: Takeoff at 22:10 hrs for an bomber support mission to Stuttgart. 15/03/1944
Hit by 3-6/schw Flak Abt 514 and 4/lei Flak Abt 446. Broke into two and crashed at Neu-Moresnet South West of Aachen at 23:05hrs.
Crew:
F/Lt (J/8788) William Wells FOSTER (pilot) RCAF - PoW
F/O (138364) Jack Howard GRANTHAM (nav.) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1602861 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 01 June, 1943)
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 169 Sqdn RAF
3.Google Maps
4. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 5 January 1945 | NT116 | 169 Sqn RAF | 2 | Sterksel, Maarheeze, Noord-Brabant. |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Feb-2010 22:55 | NePa | Added |
| 09-Feb-2012 14:01 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Mar-2013 18:54 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-Mar-2013 20:55 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Departure airport] |
| 15-Jun-2014 13:46 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 08-Aug-2015 16:06 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 07-Apr-2019 13:17 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 18-Jan-2020 21:50 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source] |
| 27-Feb-2020 17:34 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 29-Jun-2020 05:45 | Anon. | Updated [Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 01-Sep-2021 14:52 | Froome | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 01-Sep-2021 14:52 | Froome | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Aug-2022 12:20 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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