Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk XVI NS521,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 121670
 
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Date:Saturday 26 August 1944
Time:10:19
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk XVI
Owner/operator:60 Sqn SAAF
Registration: NS521
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:3 km south of Breitenhill, 22 km north of Ingolstadt. -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:San Severo airfield (I)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito NS521: Took off at 08:00 hrs for PR mission to Munich a Regensburg area. 26/08/1944 
Missing. Shot down by an Me262 of Ekdo.262, south-west of Regensburg. (Ofw. Helmut Recker Epr.) 
Crew: 
Lt. (100473V) Christian Johannes MOUTON (pilot) SAAF - killed 
Lt. (328380V) Daniel KRYNAUW (nav.) SAAF - killed 


Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 60 Sqdn SAAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
10-Apr-2011 14:43 Nepa Added
24-Nov-2011 14:03 Nepa Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]
29-Jun-2014 18:20 MiG21 Updated [Aircraft type, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative]
23-Aug-2015 10:46 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
18-Aug-2017 14:27 Anthony Whitworth Updated [Time, Location, Destination airport, Narrative]
02-Apr-2019 19:02 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]
22-Nov-2021 21:32 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]

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