Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XVI MM115,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 164536
 
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Date:Tuesday 6 February 1945
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XVI
Owner/operator:571 Sqn RAF
Registration: MM115
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Missing. -   Germany
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito MM115: Took off at 02:15 hrs for Night mission over Berlin. 06/02/1945
Missing. Crew disappeared without a trace.
Crew:
F/O (144177) Kenneth Charles Seymour LEGGE (pilot) RAFVR - killed
F/O (162484) Basil Owen DAVIS (nav.) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1603804 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 23 May, 1944)

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

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
07-Mar-2014 08:12 Nepa Added
16-Sep-2014 17:03 Siczak Updated [Location, Narrative]
11-Sep-2015 20:02 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
14-Feb-2019 18:48 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
26-Oct-2021 22:06 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
29-Jun-2022 22:38 Nepa Updated [Damage, Narrative, Operator]
03-Aug-2022 06:16 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]
03-Aug-2022 11:51 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
04-Aug-2022 17:28 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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