ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 143916
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| Date: | Monday 25 December 1944 |
| Time: | 20:20 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 613 (City of Manchester) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LR354 |
| MSN: | SY-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Bourlon near Advanced Landing Ground A.75 Cambrai/Epinoy, Nord. -
 France
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | A.75 Cambrai/Epinoy (F) |
Mosquito LR354: Took off at 20:15 hrs for a Night mission over Germany. 25/12/1944
Crashed after take-off near A.75 Cambrai/Epinoy. Probable cause of the crash may have been condensation in the pitot head, which may have frozen, thus giving wrong readings.
Crew:
W/O (590902) Arthur Frederick Noel ROBERTS (pilot) RAF - killed
F/Sgt (1546816) Alan Redfern McROBERTS (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 613 Sqdn RAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 September 1944 | NT134 | 613 (City of Manchester) Sqn RAF | 2 | Hemmensestraat street, Randwijk, Gelderland. |  |
w/o |
| 9 October 1944 | HR362 | 613 (City of Manchester) Sqn RAF | 2 | Hunnenweg road, Voorthuizen, 15km ENE of Amersfoort, Gelderland. | |
w/o |
| 23 December 1944 | HP930 | 613 (City of Manchester) Sqn RAF | 2 | Missing - Koblenz-Stadtkyll |  |
w/o |
| 24 December 1944 | PZ385 | 613 (City of Manchester) Sqn RAF | 0 | area Vianden (Diekirch, Luxemburg) - Wittlich (Rheinland-Pfalz). |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Feb-2012 03:10 | Nepa | Added |
| 24-Feb-2012 03:39 | Nepa | Updated |
| 15-May-2014 14:18 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 07-Jun-2014 07:27 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 25-Jun-2014 09:11 | Next | Updated [Time, Location, Narrative] |
| 09-Sep-2015 10:49 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 04-Feb-2016 13:30 | Next | Updated [Location] |
| 29-Apr-2019 17:20 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 11-Sep-2021 16:12 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 27-Feb-2022 19:26 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Narrative, Operator] |
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