Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk 25 KB463,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 152951
 
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Date:Sunday 21 January 1945
Time:19:11
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk 25
Owner/operator:142 Sqn RAF
Registration: KB463
MSN: 4H-W
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Missing. -   Germany
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Gransden Lodge, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito KB463/W: Took off at 18:45 hrs for Night mission to Kassel. 21/01/1945
Missing. Lost without trace.
Crew:
S/Ldr (81348) Ralph Stidston DON DFC (pilot) RAFVR - killed (NCO:741645 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 23 July, 1940)
F/O (J/19255) George Ingram ALLAN DFC (nav.) RCAF - killed

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 142 Sqdn RAF
3.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
01-Feb-2013 10:00 Nepa Added
25-Jul-2014 16:28 K.Kraus Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Damage, Narrative]
12-Sep-2015 19:54 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Narrative]
14-Feb-2019 18:45 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
02-Dec-2021 17:26 Nepa Updated [Country, Source, Narrative, Operator]
02-Aug-2022 19:34 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]
03-Aug-2022 10:10 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
05-Aug-2022 07:07 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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