ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 152380
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| Date: | Thursday 12 October 1944 |
| Time: | 04:05 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XX |
| Owner/operator: | 608 (County of York North Riding) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | KB348 |
| MSN: | 6T-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nedlitz near Potsdam of Brandenburg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market, Norfolk |
Mosquito KB348/P: Took off at 01:36 hrs for Night mission to Berlin. 12/10/1944
Hit at a height of 8,000m by Flak of 3 & 6/schw Flak Abt 211, 3/schw Flak Abt 396 and schw Flak Battr 214/III. Missing. Crashed Bornstettin Army Exercise Grounds near Postdam at 04:02 hrs.
The crew were initially buried in Postdam Saarmunder Strasse Cemetery Reinterred 1 November 1946.
Crew
F/O (172402) Stanley Warren REEDER (pilot) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1330032 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 04 April, 1944) - Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Plot 4 Row K Grave 26.
F/Sgt (Aus/442325) Robert John BOLTON (nav.) RAAF - killed - Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Plot 4 Row K Grave 27.
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. ORB 608 Sqdn RAF
3. CWGC
4. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
5. Bomber Command Losses 1944 - W R Chorley
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Jan-2013 05:02 | Nepa | Added |
| 25-Jul-2014 14:13 | DG333 | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 29-Aug-2014 08:47 | Lorenzo Lamas | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 31-Aug-2015 13:39 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 22-Feb-2016 09:18 | AlLah | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 13-Apr-2016 20:18 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Narrative] |
| 13-Apr-2016 20:18 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Jan-2019 15:39 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 29-Jan-2022 20:43 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Feb-2022 20:25 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 07-Jun-2022 18:31 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
| 29-Jun-2022 09:30 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 31-Jul-2022 19:01 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Aug-2022 22:15 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Aug-2022 19:50 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Sep-2022 09:07 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 07-Oct-2023 13:25 | Anon. | Updated [[Narrative]] |
| 01-Nov-2023 22:08 | Nepa | Updated [[[Narrative]]] |
| 20-Nov-2023 08:44 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source] |
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