Accident North American B-25 Mitchell Mk II FW230,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49605
 
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Date:Sunday 26 November 1944
Time:15:00 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic B25 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
North American B-25 Mitchell Mk II
Owner/operator:226 Sqn RAF
Registration: FW230
MSN: MQ-B
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Het Nieuwe Plantsoen, Deventer, Overijssel -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:B.50 Vitry-en-Artois, France
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 13:45 hrs for an operation to Deventer.
Over the target, the aircraft suffered a direct Flak hit, broke into two pieces and crashed.

The four crew members are buried at Deventer:

Pilot P/O. S.G. Twinning 185126 RAF / grave 3198
Navigator Sgt. J. O'Donnell 1624734 RAF / grave 3197
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sgt. T.B. Utterson 1828218 RAF / grave 3196
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sgt. J. Reid 1825210 RAF / grave 3195

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4720&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
21-Oct-2019 16:59 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
21-Oct-2019 17:00 TigerTimon Updated [Embed code]

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