ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 164402
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| Date: | Wednesday 21 February 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 418 (City of Edmonton) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | RS604 |
| MSN: | TH-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Off Dutch coast near The Hague. -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hartford Bridge, Hampshire |
Mosquito RS604/M: Took off at 11:19 hrs for Day patrol over Osnabruck. 21/02/1945
Hit by accurate flak with starboard outer wing set a fire. Ditched off Dutch coast and beached on a sandbanck. Crew took to their dingy and used a flare to burn aircraft to prevent its capture. They were picked up by Dutch fishermen and brought back to shore to awaiting German troops who had witnessed the series of events.
Crew:
F/Lt (J/5669) Guy Harding HACKETT (pilot) RCAF - Ok
F/O (151.521) William Sydney Everard BRITTAIN (nav.) RAFVR - Ok
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. ORB 418 Sqdn RAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 November 1943 | HJ829 | 418 (City of Edmonton) Sqn RCAF | 2 | near Évreux, Eure. |  |
w/o |
| 1 November 1944 | NS850 | 418 (City of Edmonton) Sqn RCAF | 0 | RAF stn Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, England |  |
w/o |
| 5 February 1945 | PZ235 | 418 (City of Edmonton) Sqn RCAF | 2 | de Haart, Aalten, Gelderland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Mar-2014 09:02 | Nepa | Added |
| 14-Aug-2015 12:34 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Narrative] |
| 14-Aug-2015 12:36 | INV | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Aug-2015 12:39 | INV | Updated [Country] |
| 14-Feb-2019 19:03 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 14-Dec-2020 17:53 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, Operator] |
| 11-Mar-2021 21:02 | tachel | Updated [Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Mar-2021 19:55 | Don Diego | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 12-Nov-2021 11:27 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 26-Dec-2021 11:52 | Nepa | Updated [Date, Narrative, Operator] |
| 23-Jun-2022 20:21 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Operator] |
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