Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk 25 KB509,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144515
 
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Date:Friday 2 February 1945
Time:06:32
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk 25
Owner/operator:162 Sqn RAF
Registration: KB509
MSN: CR-Z
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF stn Bourn, Cambridgeshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Bourn, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:RAF Bourn
Narrative:
Mosquito KB509/Z: Took off at 02:03 hrs for mission over Berlin. 02/02/1945
Swung on landing and undercarriage collapsed in RAF Bourn at 06:32 hrs
Crew: -
Pilot : Pilot Officer Bertram Alfred J Way RAFVR 188544
Navigator : Sergeant Kenneth Arthur Percival Fossitt RAFVR 1605346

Sources:

1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.
2. http://www.156squadron.com/display_newpff_roll.asp?ID=162
3. ORB 162 Sqdn RAF
4. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
21-Mar-2012 08:28 Nepa Added
30-Jan-2013 13:19 Nepa Updated [Registration, Narrative]
25-Jul-2014 13:05 Oezil Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
09-Oct-2014 14:52 Thomas Fuk Updated [Location, Narrative]
10-Sep-2015 08:56 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
05-Oct-2019 15:01 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator]
14-Dec-2020 16:52 Oezil Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator]
14-Dec-2020 16:54 Oezil Updated [Cn, Operator]
28-Oct-2021 18:31 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
01-Feb-2024 08:17 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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