ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 149345
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| Date: | Wednesday 21 February 1945 |
| Time: | 13:05 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 418 (City of Edmonton) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | RS569 |
| MSN: | TH-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Drope aerodrome, north-east of Lingen, Ems, Niedersachsen. -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Blackbushe, Hampshire |
Mosquito RS569/V: Took off at 11:20 hrs for operation patrol to Osnabruck /“Operation Clarion”. 21/02/1945
Missing. Shot down by flak during massed squadron daylight raid.
Crew:
F/Lt (138448) Herbert Edwin MILLER (pilot) RAFVR - killed
P/O (196.283) Wilfred HOOPER (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 418 Sqdn RCAF
418 Sqn records from DND archives Canada
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Sep-2012 03:48 | Nepa | Added |
| 10-Apr-2014 13:24 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 25-Jun-2014 11:18 | Next | Updated [Total fatalities] |
| 14-Aug-2015 11:10 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 29-Apr-2019 16:21 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 14-Dec-2020 17:47 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 13-Mar-2021 21:35 | tachel | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Mar-2021 21:45 | tachel | Updated [Narrative] |
| 01-Jun-2021 21:28 | BlBe | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 26-Dec-2021 11:41 | Nepa | Updated [Date, Phase, Narrative, Operator] |
| 22-Jun-2022 05:02 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 22-Jun-2022 05:12 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 23-Jun-2022 08:45 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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