ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 164535
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| Date: | Friday 16 June 1944 |
| Time: | 01:35 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XVI |
| Owner/operator: | 571 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ML975 |
| MSN: | 8K-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Marbeck, 3 km south east of Borken, Nordrhein-Westfalen. -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Mosquito ML975/F: Took off at 23:38 hrs for an mission against Gelsenkirchen.15/06/1944
Hit by 1, 2, & 4/schw Flak Abt 366, Flak Battery z.b.V 10408, Flak Battery z.b.V 10402 and 4/schw Flak Abt 525. Impacted near Marbeck at 01:35hrs.16/06/1944
The aircraft crashed between the two small towns of Marbeck and Heiden and some 3km south east of Borken.
A fire broke out on impact and soon afterwards the bomb load exploded.
Crew:
F/O (133217) Frank Bertram BRANDWOOD (pilot) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1002283 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 08 December, 1942)
F/O (133956) John MILLER (nav.) RAFVR - killed (NCO:754542 Commission Gazetted : Friday 18 December, 1942)
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. http://www.156squadron.com/display_newpff_roll.asp?ID=571
3. ORB 571 Sqdn RAF
4. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 April 1945 | ML963 | 571 Sqn RAF | 0 | Missing. | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Mar-2014 08:03 | Nepa | Added |
| 02-Jul-2014 21:15 | Shout | Updated [Narrative] |
| 16-Aug-2015 16:47 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
| 04-Feb-2019 21:31 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 29-Apr-2019 20:16 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 06-Oct-2020 19:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2020 22:16 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 24-Jan-2021 10:00 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Operator] |
| 24-Feb-2021 16:01 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 02-Apr-2021 17:42 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 01-Jun-2021 20:45 | Yelush | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 24-Oct-2021 23:20 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 25-Oct-2021 10:16 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 22-Mar-2022 20:06 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 30-Jul-2022 06:43 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Aug-2022 21:40 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Aug-2022 07:23 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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