ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144414
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| Date: | Tuesday 12 September 1944 |
| Time: | 01:10 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XX |
| Owner/operator: | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | KB218 |
| MSN: | XD-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF stn Woodbridge, Suffolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire |
| RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk |
Mosquito KB218/P: Took off at 20:30 hrs for bombing mission to Berlin. 11/09/1944
Above the target hit by flak which prevented the crew from releasing the bomb load.
Crash-landed at 01:10 hrs in RAF Woodbridge. 12/09/1944
Crew:
P/O (J/86875) Herbert Andrew FAWCETT DFC (pilot) RCAF - Ok
F/O (133060) Philip Louis Ulric CROSS DFC (pilot) RAFVR - Ok (NCO:1399189 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 19 January, 1943)
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.156squadron.com/display_newpff_roll.asp?ID=139
3. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 August 1944 | KB198 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 0 | swamps at Getelo, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
| 15 January 1945 | KB263 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 2 | near RAF stn Thurleigh, Bedfordshire, England | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Mar-2012 13:54 | Nepa | Added |
| 15-Mar-2012 13:55 | Nepa | Updated [Total fatalities] |
| 25-Jul-2014 12:32 | Repac | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 11-Oct-2014 20:28 | Shout | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 24-Aug-2015 15:13 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 01-Mar-2016 18:24 | Xindel XXL | Updated [Cn, Narrative] |
| 11-May-2019 14:29 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 15-Oct-2021 21:36 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 31-Jul-2022 08:36 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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