ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 155253
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| Date: | Thursday 12 October 1944 |
| Time: | 21:20 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XVI |
| Owner/operator: | 692 (Fellowship of the Bellows) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MM143 |
| MSN: | P3:? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Missing - The Elbe river -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Gransden Lodge, Cambridgeshire |
Mosquito MM143: Took off at 18:19hrs for bombing mission to Hamburg. 12/10/1944
Hit by 1/schw Flak Abt 414 (T), 5/schw Flak Abt 602, 4,schw Flak Abt 635, 3/schw Flak Abt 144 (Fahre), 4/schw Flak Abt 447 and 4/schw Flak Abt 634. Probably crashed in mouth of River Elbe at 21:20.
Crew:
F/O (150111) Norman Henry HORNBY (pilot) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1458785 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 13 April, 1943 - Runnymede Memorial Panel 207.
Sgt (338349) William David CRAIL (nav.) RAFVR - Runnymede Memorial Panel 227.
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. ORB 692 Sqdn RAF
3. CWGC
4. Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 4 - Theo Boiten
5. Bomber Command Losses 1944 - W R Chorley
6. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Apr-2013 07:16 | Nepa | Added |
| 05-Jun-2013 06:14 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 26-Aug-2014 20:16 | Oezil | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 31-Aug-2015 13:41 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
| 29-Jan-2019 16:13 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 26-Feb-2020 14:50 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 29-Mar-2021 14:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Aug-2021 11:12 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 10-Oct-2021 16:32 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 29-Jun-2022 22:34 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Damage, Operator] |
| 01-Aug-2022 06:50 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Aug-2022 22:16 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Aug-2022 19:52 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Oct-2023 19:20 | Anon. | Updated [[Source, Narrative]] |
| 01-Nov-2023 22:15 | Nepa | Updated [[[Source, Narrative]]] |
| 20-Nov-2023 08:47 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source] |
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