ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 165425
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| Date: | Monday 18 September 1944 |
| Time: | 22:16 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 515 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NS962 |
| MSN: | 3P-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Plantlünne airfield, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Little Snoring, Norfolk |
Mosquito NS962: Took off at 19:55 hrs. for bomber support sortie to Wenzendorf. 18/09/1944
Which crashed near airfield at Plantluane during a night mission after the pilot lost control when he was blinded by a searchlight. Crashed at 22:16 hrs.
Crew:-
F/Lt (126709) David Clark PATERSON (pilot) RAFVR - killed (NCO:748729 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 18 August, 1942)
F/Sgt (1582261) Thomas John Roy SMITH (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. ORB 515 Sqdn RAF
3. CWGC
4. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 April 1944 | NS895 | 515 Sqn RAF | 2 | near Deelen airfield, Gelderland |  |
w/o |
| 1 May 1944 | NS847 | 515 Sqn RAF | 2 | 2 km northeast of Bazel, Kruibeke, East Flanders. |  |
w/o |
| 11 May 1944 | NS932 | 515 Sqn RAF | 2 | Westelijke Kanaaldijk near Wemeldinge, Zeeland. | |
w/o |
| 11 May 1944 | NS929 | 515 Sqn RAF | 2 | Oosterschelde estuary off Kats, Zeeland | |
w/o |
| 13 May 1944 | DZ638 | 692 (Fellowship of the Bellows) Sqn RAF | 2 | sea am Kaiser-Wilhelm-Koog | |
w/o |
| 6 June 1944 | NS950 | 515 Sqn RAF | 2 | Bergse Maas near Dussen and Hank; Noord-Brabant. | |
w/o |
| 28 August 1944 | PZ161 | 515 Sqn RAF | 2 | between the Dalweg and Talmalaan roads at Soest, prov. of Utrecht. | |
w/o |
| 4 September 1944 | PZ163 | 515 Sqn RAF | 0 | Dutch part of the Dollard Bay, Groningen prv. | |
w/o |
| 16 September 1944 | PZ184 | 515 Sqn RAF | 2 | 5 km north of Achmer airfield, Bramsche, Niedersachsen. | |
w/o |
| 21 November 1944 | PZ344 | 515 Sqn RAF | 2 | Walbeck, Geldern, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 19 March 1945 | NS957 | 515 Sqn RAF | 2 | near Ciney, 14 km east-north-east of Dinant, Namur. | |
w/o |
| Mid-air collision | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Apr-2014 13:04 | Nepa | Added |
| 04-Jun-2014 07:33 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative] |
| 14-Dec-2014 17:11 | Dandy | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
| 29-Aug-2015 13:16 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
| 18-Jan-2019 20:38 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 07-Sep-2019 18:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source] |
| 14-Oct-2019 05:14 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 25-Jan-2020 14:07 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 02-Feb-2020 22:33 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator] |
| 28-Aug-2021 14:45 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source] |
| 30-Aug-2021 11:08 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 28-Jun-2022 22:17 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 31-Jul-2022 15:37 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Oct-2023 21:27 | Nepa | Updated [[Source, Narrative]] |
| 21-Nov-2023 10:19 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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