ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 152415
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| Date: | Monday 5 March 1945 |
| Time: | 23:00 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XX |
| Owner/operator: | 608 (County of York North Riding) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | KB197 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Braine-le-Comte in Wallonia, province of Hainau -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market, Norfolk |
Mosquito KB197: Took off at 18:23 hrs for a Night bombing operation to Berlin. 05/03/1945
During return a the aircraft crashed near Braine-le-Comte (Hainaut) a small town on the Halle to Soignies road and about 6 km NE from the latter.
The aircraft was on its return journey and came down at 23:00 hrs, at Cantines on the property of M. Emile Soupart, 20 miles SW Brussels. It was raining at the time of the crash, and that the aircraft had been seen to emerge from cloud on fire. The plane was hit on return journey, and set on fire, but crew tried to make our own lines rather than bail out and be taken prisoner.
Crew
F/Lt (Aus.414311) Malcolm Hamilton Murray MacLEAN DFC (pilot) RAAF - killed
Sgt (1673062) Richard TODD (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 608 Sqdn RAF
3.CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2013 07:58 | Nepa | Added |
| 25-Jul-2014 11:44 | Zoom | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 31-Aug-2015 19:14 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 22-Feb-2016 09:58 | AlLah | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 26-Sep-2018 16:32 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 06-May-2019 15:02 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 07-Dec-2021 18:38 | Nepa | Updated [Date, Time, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 13-Nov-2022 01:38 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 05-May-2023 08:48 | Nepa | Updated [[Location]] |
| 11-Dec-2023 19:47 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
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