ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140798
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| Date: | Sunday 17 September 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XX |
| Owner/operator: | 128 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | KB210 |
| MSN: | M5-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Liège (welche Ortschaft? - genaue Bezeichnung?) -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire |
Mosquito KB210/P: Took off at 00:29 hrs for Night mission to Braunschweig. 17/09/1944
At about 25,000ft. ran into a very violent cu-nimbus cloud in the vicinity of Liege
The aircraft was uncontrollable - broke up. The navigator was killed and he came down by
parachute near Liege.
Plt Off Bartley picked up by the US Army medics on the morning of 17 September 1944 and returned by the US evacuation system to the US hospital at Hereford, England. Transferred from there to a Canadian convalescent unit at Garnons, Hereford, and thence repatriation back to Canada.
Crew:
F/O (J/17039) John BARTLEY (pilot) RCAF - baled out /Injured.
Sgt (954358) John Leonard HARTLEY (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 128 Sqdn RAF
3.http://www.lostbombers.co.uk/bomber.php?id=8378.
4.Les annonces de l'Ourthe - 29.12.2011
5.CWGC
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 September 1944 | KB210 | 128 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Wyton, Huntingdonshire, England. |  |
non |
| 4 November 1944 | MM197 | 128 Sqn RAF | 2 | RAF stn Wyton, Huntingdonshire, England | |
w/o |
| 9 December 1944 | MM198 | 128 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Wyton, Huntingdonshire, England | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Dec-2011 12:50 | ThW | Added |
| 02-Jan-2012 00:21 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
| 02-Feb-2012 09:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source] |
| 10-Dec-2013 19:35 | Archivar | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Mar-2014 17:25 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 04-Jun-2014 13:12 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-Aug-2015 11:20 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Sep-2015 21:25 | INV | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 05-Apr-2016 17:04 | J.Cryer | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Feb-2019 09:38 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 06-Nov-2021 09:25 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 25-Aug-2023 13:31 | Anon. | Updated [[Time, Source, Narrative, Operator]] |
| 25-Oct-2023 17:32 | Nepa | Updated [[[Time, Source, Narrative, Operator]]] |
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