ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144225
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| Date: | Saturday 4 December 1943 |
| Time: | 20:00 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | 1409 Met Flt RAF |
| Registration: | ML918 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 600 yds south of runway RAF stn Exeter, Devon, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Exeter, Devon |
Mosquito ML918: Took off at 15:25 hrs for a PAMPA long range meteo sortie to Nurnberg. 04/12/1943
They were returning in very bad weather Monitoring stations heard transmitted distress signals near Dieppe.
The crew got the direction a homed to RAF Exeter. Aircraft crashed on approach in bad visibility at 1/2mile south of runway RAF Exeter at 20:00 hrs 04/12/1943 DBF
Crew:
F/Sgt (1389800) Harold William ADDIS (pilot) RAFVR - killed
Sgt (1293926) John Henry SHARPE (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.156squadron.com/display_newpff_roll.asp?ID=1409%20Flt
3.ORB 1409 Flt RAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Mar-2012 06:32 | Nepa | Added |
| 08-Jun-2014 08:23 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Mar-2015 18:12 | Paix | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 01-Aug-2015 19:12 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 24-Aug-2015 11:53 | Django | Updated [Narrative] |
| 03-Feb-2019 21:01 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 06-Oct-2021 17:25 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 18-Dec-2021 23:48 | Nepa | Updated [Date, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 29-May-2022 12:25 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Jun-2022 21:29 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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