Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI PZ409,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 73855
 
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Date:Thursday 22 February 1945
Time:13:20
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:605 (County of Warwick) Sqn RAF
Registration: PZ409
MSN: UP-Q
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:behind the dairy factory at Eelde, Drenthe -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Hartford Bridge, Hampshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito PZ409/Q: Took off at 11:21 hrs for an armed recce operation to Wilhelmshaven (Ger.) 22/02/1945
On return, shot down by Flak over Eelde airfield at 13:20 hrs
Crew:
F/Lt (129748) Jack George ENTICOTT (pilot) RAFVR - killed
F/Sgt (1602154) Derek Cecil HINTON (nav.) RAFVR - baled out /PoW

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 605 Sqdn RAF
3.https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T5284

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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
08-Apr-2010 00:36 Nepa Added
25-Aug-2011 06:06 jimi Updated [Registration, Location, Country, Narrative]
24-Sep-2011 06:05 Nepa Updated [Registration, Narrative]
18-Jan-2012 00:45 Nepa Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source]
18-Jan-2012 01:01 Nepa Updated [Time, Location, Narrative]
06-Jun-2014 16:57 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
03-Sep-2015 08:28 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Narrative]
03-Oct-2015 18:39 jimi Updated [Narrative]
18-Mar-2019 20:42 Nepa Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
17-Feb-2020 08:35 TigerTimon Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Embed code, Narrative]
03-Nov-2020 11:56 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
23-Dec-2020 20:43 Anon. Updated [Location]
08-Sep-2021 11:04 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
28-Jun-2022 13:56 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
01-Jul-2022 17:13 TigerTimon Updated [Source]
12-Jan-2024 20:32 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]

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