ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 80624
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| Date: | Tuesday 18 July 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 418 (City of Edmonton) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HR183 |
| MSN: | TH-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Missing - south Baltic Sea -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hurn, Dorset |
Mosquito HR183/B: Took off for at 23:05 hrs for Night Long Ranger sortie to Kolberg (Ger.) 17/07/1944
Blew up and crashed in south Baltic Sea /missing. 18/07/1944
Clark´s body was later found washed up on the beach at Sandhammaren in South Sweden about 2 months after the raid. He was buried in Malmo 27 September 1944. Kerr is still missing.
Crew:
S/Ldr (J/3493) James Bernard KERR (pilot) RCAF - killed
F/O (152806) Peter "Butch" CLARK (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2. ORB 418 Sqdn RAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 November 1943 | HJ742 | 418 (City of Edmonton) Sqn RCAF | 2 | 2 miles from Arundel at Lyminster, near RAF stn Ford, Sussex, England |  |
w/o |
| 25 March 1945 | HR148 | 418 (City of Edmonton) Sqn RCAF | 0 | Advanced Landing Ground A.75 Cambrai/Epinoy, Nord. |  |
min |
Images:
418 Sqn ORB entry for 17/18 Jul 1944
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Nov-2010 03:37 | Nepa | Added |
| 04-Oct-2011 23:58 | Nepa | Updated [Date, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Jan-2012 09:11 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 05-Jul-2014 15:31 | Next | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 17-Aug-2015 20:30 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 18-Oct-2015 16:11 | Jimi | Updated [Cn] |
| 20-Feb-2018 19:07 | TB | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 09-Feb-2019 20:45 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 14-Feb-2022 23:13 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 02-Oct-2022 07:43 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Date, Source, Narrative, Photo] |
| 16-Sep-2023 11:45 | Nepa | Updated [[Date, Source, Narrative, Photo]] |
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