ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 164634
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| Date: | Thursday 16 November 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XVI |
| Owner/operator: | 128 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MM196 |
| MSN: | M5-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Missing - presumed in the Liège part of country -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire |
Mosquito MM196/Q: Took off at 17:07 hrs for mission to Berlin. 16/11/1944
Missing. He was shot down over Belgium behind enemy lines. After struggling the pilot to stabilize the plane so his crew could bail out safely, was seriously injured when he jumpeded as his plane spun out of control. The aircraft came down in the east part of Belgium. For this act he received the DFC.
Crew :
F/Lt (130645) John Seymour ETHERINGTON (pilot) RAFVR - injured (NCO:658452 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 01 December, 1942)
F/O (171806) Sidney HARRISON (nav.) RAFVR - Ok (NCO:1238003 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 21 March, 1944)
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. http://www.156squadron.com/display_newpff_roll.asp?ID=128
3. ORB 128 Sqdn RAF
4 .CWGC
5. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 February 1945 | MM199 | 128 Sqn RAF | 2 | NW of Ronnenberg and towards Benthe /Gehrden, 6 miles SW of Hannover. |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Mar-2014 18:18 | Nepa | Added |
| 04-Aug-2014 10:45 | Nick Slaughter | Updated [Narrative] |
| 16-Sep-2014 19:41 | Siczak | Updated [Location] |
| 03-Sep-2015 19:44 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 14-Apr-2016 08:05 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Sep-2018 14:38 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 14-Feb-2019 18:40 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Operator] |
| 24-Jun-2019 17:34 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 21-Oct-2021 23:12 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 12-Jun-2022 08:59 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 12-Jun-2022 11:01 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Narrative, Operator] |
| 01-Aug-2022 13:46 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Aug-2022 22:37 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Aug-2022 19:27 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Nov-2022 07:28 | Ron Averes | Updated [Damage] |
| 15-Nov-2022 14:13 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Damage] |
| 11-Nov-2023 23:00 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 15-Nov-2023 12:43 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source] |
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