ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 73831
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| Date: | Saturday 23 December 1944 |
| Time: | 22:30 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 613 (City of Manchester) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HP930 |
| MSN: | SY-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Missing - Koblenz-Stadtkyll -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | A.75 Cambrai/ Epinoy (Fr.) |
Mosquito HP930: Took off for a night intruder mission over NW Germany. 23/12/1944.
Missing. Failed to return from a sortie to attack communications in the Cologne/Bonn/Duren/Coblenz area.
Crew:
F/Lt (126000) Eric RAYNER DFC (pilot) RAF - killed
F/Lt (121534) Ronald Gordon ELVIN DFC (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 613 Sqdn RAF
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2939939/eric-rayner/
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1269597/ronald-gordon-elvin/
5. https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/96664
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 September 1944 | NT134 | 613 (City of Manchester) Sqn RAF | 2 | Hemmensestraat street, Randwijk, Gelderland. |  |
w/o |
| 9 October 1944 | HR362 | 613 (City of Manchester) Sqn RAF | 2 | Hunnenweg road, Voorthuizen, 15km ENE of Amersfoort, Gelderland. | |
w/o |
| 24 December 1944 | PZ385 | 613 (City of Manchester) Sqn RAF | 0 | area Vianden (Diekirch, Luxemburg) - Wittlich (Rheinland-Pfalz). |  |
w/o |
| 25 December 1944 | LR354 | 613 (City of Manchester) Sqn RAF | 2 | near Bourlon near Advanced Landing Ground A.75 Cambrai/Epinoy, Nord. |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Apr-2010 01:14 | Nepa | Added |
| 18-Jan-2012 07:53 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 18-Jan-2012 07:54 | Nepa | Updated [Source] |
| 12-Jun-2014 13:31 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 29-Aug-2014 07:59 | HH99 | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 09-Sep-2015 10:18 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 03-Mar-2016 09:41 | Heil | Updated [Time] |
| 08-Jan-2019 21:02 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 14-Feb-2019 16:36 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 27-Mar-2021 18:49 | Richard | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Sep-2021 09:41 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 27-Feb-2022 19:02 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 29-Jun-2023 20:44 | Nepa | Updated [[Cn, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]] |
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