Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI HR353,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49601
 
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Date:Monday 27 November 1944
Time:21:35
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI
Owner/operator:464 Sqn RAAF
Registration: HR353
MSN: SB-?
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Middeldijk road, Hattemerbroek, Gelderland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Thorney Island, West Sussex
Destination airport:RAF Thorney Island
Narrative:
Mosquito HR353: Took off at 19:27 hrs. for night mission over Ruhr area. 27/11/1944
Was one of a force of 17 aircraft of the squadron detailed to carry out night intruder operations on towns in the Ruhr area and bomb and strafe road and rail junctions.
Mosquito HR353 failed to return from the mission. It was hit by Hattem-based Flak. Crashed at 21:35 hrs.
Crew:
F/O (Aus.409692) William Alexander GREENSHIELDS (pilot) RAAF - killed
F/O (55626) Edward Harry NORMAN (nav.) RAF - killed


Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.adf-gallery.com.au//2a52.shtml
3.ORB 464 Sqdn RAAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
17-Nov-2009 07:33 NePa Updated
02-Jan-2010 12:13 hgsvisscher Updated [Departure airport, Narrative]
18-Jan-2010 01:05 hgsvisscher Updated [[Departure airport, Narrative]]
18-Jan-2010 02:41 hgsvisscher Updated [Source, Narrative]
20-Feb-2010 10:59 hgsvisscher Updated [Registration, Source, Narrative]
28-Feb-2010 10:17 NePa Updated [Registration, Source]
06-Mar-2010 09:34 hgsvisscher Updated [Source, Narrative]
21-Sep-2011 11:34 Nepa Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]
04-Oct-2011 11:30 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative]
27-Jan-2012 01:36 Nepa Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source]
06-Jul-2014 14:45 MiG15 Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
03-Aug-2014 13:11 Glock G19 Updated [Narrative]
16-Dec-2014 18:26 hgsvisscher Updated [Narrative]
04-Sep-2015 20:26 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
18-Mar-2019 20:50 Nepa Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
04-Sep-2021 09:39 TigerTimon Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]
04-Sep-2021 13:08 TigerTimon Updated [Narrative]
05-Sep-2021 22:31 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
24-Nov-2021 22:45 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]

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