ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 141186
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| Date: | Monday 19 March 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 515 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NS957 |
| MSN: | 3P-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Ciney, 14 km east-north-east of Dinant, Namur. -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Little Snoring, Norfolk |
Mosquito NS957: Took off at 00:35 hrs for bomber support mission to patrol Kitzingen airfield. 19/03/1945
Collided in mid-air with Halifax MZ482 of 425 Sqdn RAF both machines crashing near Ciney (Namur), 14 km ENE from Dinant.(Laroche Belgium).
Crew:
S/Ldr (74678) Arthur Walter HIRONS DFC (pilot) RAFVR - killed (NCO:754803 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 10 October, 1939)
F/Sgt (1322617) Peter Charles WILLIAMS (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 515 Sqdn RAF
3.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 April 1944 | NS895 | 515 Sqn RAF | 2 | near Deelen airfield, Gelderland |  |
w/o |
| 1 May 1944 | NS847 | 515 Sqn RAF | 2 | 2 km northeast of Bazel, Kruibeke, East Flanders. | |
w/o |
| 11 May 1944 | NS932 | 515 Sqn RAF | 2 | Westelijke Kanaaldijk near Wemeldinge, Zeeland. | |
w/o |
| 11 May 1944 | NS929 | 515 Sqn RAF | 2 | Oosterschelde estuary off Kats, Zeeland | |
w/o |
| 13 May 1944 | DZ638 | 692 (Fellowship of the Bellows) Sqn RAF | 2 | sea am Kaiser-Wilhelm-Koog |  |
w/o |
| 6 June 1944 | NS950 | 515 Sqn RAF | 2 | Bergse Maas near Dussen and Hank; Noord-Brabant. | |
w/o |
| 28 August 1944 | PZ161 | 515 Sqn RAF | 2 | between the Dalweg and Talmalaan roads at Soest, prov. of Utrecht. | |
w/o |
| 4 September 1944 | PZ163 | 515 Sqn RAF | 0 | Dutch part of the Dollard Bay, Groningen prv. | |
w/o |
| 16 September 1944 | PZ184 | 515 Sqn RAF | 2 | 5 km north of Achmer airfield, Bramsche, Niedersachsen. | |
w/o |
| 18 September 1944 | NS962 | 515 Sqn RAF | 2 | Plantlünne airfield, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 21 November 1944 | PZ344 | 515 Sqn RAF | 2 | Walbeck, Geldern, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jan-2012 03:41 | Nepa | Added |
| 11-Apr-2014 12:18 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 02-Aug-2014 16:19 | Tailor | Updated [Narrative] |
| 17-Sep-2015 12:34 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Mar-2019 19:31 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 06-May-2019 15:20 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 24-Dec-2021 16:52 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Aug-2022 14:21 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Nov-2022 02:00 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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