Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XVI MM182 ,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 166154
 
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Date:Thursday 8 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:692 (Fellowship of the Bellows) Sqn RAF
Registration: MM182
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:in wooded area near Berglicht im Wald, Rheinland-Pfalz. -   Germany
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Graveley, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito MM182: Took off at 20:10 hrs for bombing mission to Mainz. 08/02/1945
Missing.Crashed in wooded area near Berglicht im Wald, Rheinland-Pfalz.
Cause of loss was an engine fire and was not due to enemy action.
Crew:
F/O (144626) Patrick Bryan DORAN (pilot) RAFVR - killed (Commission Gazetted : Friday 24 September, 1943)
Sgt (1582228) Denis Hubert BECKETT (nav.) RAFVR - POW

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.https://rafgraveley.wordpress.com/paul-main-page/692-losses/
3.ORB 692 Sqdn RAF
4.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
12-May-2014 20:04 Nepa Added
04-Jun-2014 11:08 Nepa Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
27-Jan-2015 19:47 Siczak Updated [Narrative]
15-Sep-2015 09:30 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type]
22-May-2019 19:09 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator]
09-Nov-2019 09:56 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
10-Oct-2021 20:39 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
07-Feb-2022 08:11 Rob Davis Updated [Narrative]
03-Aug-2022 11:52 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
04-Aug-2022 17:31 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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