ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 151194
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| Date: | Thursday 12 October 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XX |
| Owner/operator: | 1655 MTU RAF |
| Registration: | KB203 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Irish Sea, Caernarvon Bay, Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire |
Mosquito KB203: Took off for a training flight /cross-country exercise. 12/10/1944
Presumed have flown into cloud, then pilot lost control and dived into the waters of Caernarfon Bay.
Crew:
F/Lt (134748) Robert James BECKLEY (pilot) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1377774 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 05 January, 1943)
F/Sgt (R/81097) William Thomas BORROWMAN (nav.) RCAF - killed
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. http://www.rafwarboys.co.uk/1655mtu.htm
3. ORB 1655 MTU RAF
4. CWGC
5. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Dec-2012 11:56 | Nepa | Added |
| 17-Jul-2014 12:25 | Rooney | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Narrative] |
| 15-Sep-2014 07:34 | Taillor | Updated [Location] |
| 31-Aug-2015 13:40 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 07-Jul-2019 11:36 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator] |
| 16-Oct-2021 11:43 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 01-Aug-2022 06:49 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Aug-2022 09:34 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Aug-2022 19:51 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2023 22:41 | Nepa | Updated [[Source, Narrative]] |
| 20-Nov-2023 08:45 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source] |
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