ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 73724
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| Date: | Sunday 10 December 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk 25 |
| Owner/operator: | 45 (Atlantic Ferry) Gp TC RAF |
| Registration: | KB536 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | sea 12 miles south of RAF stn Summerside, near Prince Edward Island -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | RAF Summerside, Prince Edward Island |
| RCAF Gander, Newfoundland |
Mosquito KB536: Took off for a ferry flight to the UK. 10/12/1944
Conditions of low visibility prevailed at take-off. The aircraft was last heard from shortly after take off and then nothing. Subsequent searches located wreckage of the aircraft in shallow water about 12 miles south of RCAF Summerside, and a quarter of a mile off shore from Sea Cow Head.
Crew:
Fnr. (N.5110) Sigmund BRECK (pilot) RNoAF - killed
F/O (Aus.408785) Francis Edward SORENSEN (nav.) RAAF - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.https://www.awm.gov.au//catalogue/research_centre/pdf/rc09125z019_1.pdf
3.http://www.bedequemuseum.ca/bedeques-aviation-crashes.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Mar-2010 12:27 | Nepa | Added |
| 25-Apr-2011 01:47 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jan-2012 01:32 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 08-Jun-2014 10:07 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 02-May-2015 20:05 | Victor I | Updated [Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Aug-2015 18:19 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Feb-2016 15:01 | Heil | Updated [Operator] |
| 06-May-2019 14:29 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 10-Sep-2021 09:25 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Oct-2021 17:32 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Dec-2021 19:51 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
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