Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI MM420,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70684
 
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Date:Monday 4 September 1944
Time:16:00
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:515 Sqn RAF
Registration: MM420
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:200 m south-west of Lindenberg, 16 km south of Demmin. -   Germany
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Little Snoring, Norfolk
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito MM420: Took off for a Ranger patrol - bomber support. 04/09/944
Missing. Damaged by AA and crashed at 16:00hrs.
Crew:
F/O (143222) Dudley William Oliver WOOD (pilot) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1332674 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 18 May, 1943)
F/O (153438) Kenneth John BRUTON (nav.) RAFVR - PoW (NCO:1607167 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 16 November, 1943)

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 515 Sqdn RAF
3. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
25-Dec-2009 08:13 NePa Added
24-Nov-2011 14:35 Nepa Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
25-Nov-2012 13:31 Nepa Updated [Departure airport, Narrative]
26-Nov-2012 02:03 Nepa Updated [Narrative]
02-Aug-2014 16:16 Nick Slaughter Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
24-Aug-2015 11:19 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location]
01-May-2019 13:14 Nepa Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
29-Jan-2022 18:52 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
31-Jul-2022 08:30 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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