ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49565
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| Date: | Wednesday 6 December 1944 |
| Time: | 21:45 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XX |
| Owner/operator: | 608 (County of York North Riding) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | KB235 |
| MSN: | 6T-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 100m E of farm De Wezenberg nr hamlet Hengeveld, Wijhe, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market, Norfolk |
Mosquito KB235/A: Took off at 18:47 hrs for a operation over Berlin. 06/12/1944
Crashed at 21:45hrs near hamlet Hengeveld, 3 km southeast of Wijhe crash location 100 meters east of farm "De Wezenberg".
Crew:-
F/O (141774) Graeme Robert Eric WEIR (pilot) RAFVR - killed (NCO:758120 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 13 April, 1943)
F/O (170251) John Edward Cecil HARDY (nav.) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1245816 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 22 February, 1944)
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. ORB 608 Sqdn RAF
3. CWGC
4. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 16-Nov-2009 12:29 | NePa | Updated |
| 05-May-2010 23:41 | angels one five | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 05-May-2010 23:44 | angels one five | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Dec-2010 07:25 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 18-Jan-2012 07:22 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jan-2012 09:31 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 09-Jan-2013 05:45 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 04-Jun-2014 08:33 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 25-Jul-2014 12:50 | HB | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 27-Aug-2015 18:14 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Narrative] |
| 22-Feb-2016 10:06 | AlLah | Updated [Source] |
| 11-Mar-2016 15:47 | HB | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 06-May-2019 14:23 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 02-Dec-2020 21:52 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 10-Sep-2021 11:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Sep-2021 11:48 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 11-Sep-2021 09:26 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 23-Dec-2021 10:55 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 28-Jun-2022 14:04 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 02-Aug-2022 08:09 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Aug-2022 22:48 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Aug-2022 18:20 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Nov-2023 21:55 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 20-Nov-2023 09:00 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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