ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50298
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| Date: | Friday 21 July 1944 |
| Time: | 23:55 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 23 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PZ174 |
| MSN: | YP-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | along the Kerkweg road, Woubrugge, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Little Snoring, Norfolk |
Mosquito PZ174/P: Took off 22:45 hrs for Intruder duties over Florennes Airfield (B). 21/07/1944
Observed to be on fire in the air before crashing 23:55 hrs at Woubrugge (Zuid-Holland) 10 km east from the centre of Leiden.
Crew:
F/O (130333) Francis Leonard GRIMWOOD (pilot) - RAFVR - killed (NCO:1280955 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 27 October, 1942)
P/O (175570) Frederick Bernard WOODMAN (obs) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1323111 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 26 September, 1944)
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 23 Sqdn RAF
3. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 February 1943 | DZ232 | 23 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Luqa |  |
w/o |
| 14 March 1943 | DD??? | 85 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, England |  |
non |
| 13 April 1943 | DZ709 | 23 Sqn RAF | 2 | Missing - Mediterranean Sea |  |
w/o |
| 10 December 1943 | HX804 | 23 Sqn RAF | 0 | Alghero airfield, Catania, Sassari | |
min |
| 3 May 1945 | PZ313 | 23 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Little Snoring, Norfolk, England | |
min |
Images:
photo was taken at the air crash museum in aalsmeerbrug 2016
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Nov-2009 01:46 | NePa | Updated |
| 09-Jan-2011 13:15 | ThW | Updated [Cn, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Jan-2013 07:27 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 26-Jul-2014 20:08 | Rata | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 21-Aug-2015 10:44 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source] |
| 05-Sep-2016 15:03 | Rabe61 | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 18-Mar-2019 19:50 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 21-Oct-2020 19:37 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Oct-2020 10:17 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Dec-2020 17:41 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Operator] |
| 20-Sep-2021 17:33 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
| 20-Sep-2021 17:34 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 19-Oct-2021 09:43 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 20-Jul-2022 06:36 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jul-2022 21:45 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 30-Jul-2022 11:49 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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