ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140785
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| Date: | Thursday 14 September 1944 |
| Time: | 11:50 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | 540 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LR406 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | mountain nr Bad Grund, Osterode am Harz, about 48 miles NE of Kassel. -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Benson, Oxfordshire |
Mosquito LR406: Took off at 10:00 hrs for PR mission to Leipzig and Danzig 14/09/1944
Missing. Combat with German fighter Uffz. Fritz Neppach JG 300. The aircraft crashed on to a mountain near Bad Grund in the Hartz mountains, Landkreis Osterode am Harz, about 48 miles north east of Kassel.
Crew:
F/O (Aus.403640) Hilary Patrick MOYLAN (pilot) RAAF killed
F/Sgt (1578889) William Robert MORRELL (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 540 Sqdn RAF
3.http://www.kommando-welter.de/?p=63
4.https://aviationmuseumwa.org.au/afcraaf-roll/moylan-hilary-patrick-403640/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Dec-2011 09:39 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 30-Dec-2011 01:34 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Departure airport] |
| 08-Jan-2012 08:37 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport] |
| 09-Jan-2012 05:52 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Apr-2014 19:09 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 27-May-2014 08:12 | Nepa | Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Jul-2014 15:57 | Gloug | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-Aug-2015 09:29 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source] |
| 15-Apr-2016 20:03 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-May-2019 14:41 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator] |
| 08-Oct-2021 17:16 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Damage, Narrative, Operator] |
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