ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 141599
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| Date: | Thursday 20 July 1944 |
| Time: | 23:35 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XVI |
| Owner/operator: | 109 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ML967 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near RAF stn Little Staughton, Bedfordshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Little Staughton, Bedfordshire |
Mosquito ML967: Tookoff at 23:30 hrs for a bombing mission. 20/07/1944
Crashed almost immediately after take-off against the Rheinpreussen synthetic oil installation at Meerbeck.
Crew:
F/Lt (116579) John Bernard BURT DFC (pilot) RAFVR - Ok (NCO:1370752 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 17 March, 1942)
F/Lt (106040) Ronald Edgar CURTIS DFC (nav.) RAFVR - Ok (NCO:1166164 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 11 November, 1941)
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 109 Sqdn RAF
3.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jan-2012 02:05 | Nepa | Added |
| 02-Jul-2014 20:16 | Shout | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Aug-2015 11:25 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 04-Sep-2018 20:17 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 20-Mar-2019 20:54 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 23-Oct-2020 10:22 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Oct-2021 09:51 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 30-Jun-2022 12:42 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 30-Jul-2022 14:59 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Aug-2022 21:55 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Aug-2022 06:44 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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