ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 141396
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| Date: | Thursday 8 March 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk 25 |
| Owner/operator: | 608 (County of York North Riding) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | KB406 |
| MSN: | 6T-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mont-Saint-André, provincie Waals-Brabant -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market, Norfolk |
Mosquito KB406/K: Took off at 18:20 hrs for Night mission to Berlin. 08/03/1945
Hit by flak over Berlin. Starboard engine rendered unserviceable. Headed to Brussels/Melsbroek and bailed out due to lack of fuel. They had landed in the vicinity of Aische-en-Refail in Belgium and the aircraft crashed at Mont-Saint-André some 4 km to the NNW.
Crew:
F/Lt (136432) Leonard Norman HOBBS (pilot) RAFVR: Ok (NCO:1319736 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 13 April, 1943)
F/O (Aus.439280) Robert Methuen DENNIS (nav.) RAAF: OK
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.Air 14/3472 - K Report
3.ORB 608 Sqdn RAF
4.CWGC
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jan-2012 02:41 | Nepa | Added |
| 18-Jan-2012 07:21 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 18-Jan-2012 07:21 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport] |
| 18-Jan-2012 09:33 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 25-Jul-2014 15:19 | Gerrard | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 16-Sep-2014 09:23 | Heart | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 31-Aug-2015 19:17 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 14-Feb-2019 18:57 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 14-Dec-2020 21:01 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, Narrative, Operator] |
| 02-Feb-2022 16:48 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 08-Mar-2022 20:21 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
| 29-Jun-2022 09:43 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 03-Aug-2022 16:41 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Aug-2022 06:45 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 05-May-2023 08:58 | Nepa | Updated [[Source, Narrative]] |
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