ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 165163
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| Date: | Tuesday 5 June 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk 30 |
| Owner/operator: | 410 (Cougar) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MM686 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Rheundt, district of Cleves, North Rhine-Westphalia. -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.77 Gilze-Rijen (NL) |
Mosquito MM686: Took off for sight-seeing trip over the Ruhr. 05/06/1945
Training ceased at the beginning of June and the Squadron spent the next week making sightseeing trips over the Ruhr to show the ground personnel something of the effect of Allied bombing in Germany. On one of these flights the perspex nose of W/O Paton’s Mosquito suddenly shattered, sending fragments into one radiator. When the engine began to overheat, the pilot feathered the propeller and tried to carry on; but the second engine also overheated.
The Mosquito lost height came down for a wheels-up landing in the first available field near Rheundt BZG.
Crew:
W/O (R/115825) Douglas Dewar PATON (pilot) RCAF - Ok
Sgt (R/????) BROWN (nav.) RCAF - Ok
Sources:
1.http://www.manitobamilitaryaviationmuseum.com/PDF/410squadron.pdf
2.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
3.ORB 410 Sqdn RCAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Apr-2014 10:21 | Nepa | Added |
| 14-Jan-2015 08:22 | Tu104 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 11-Sep-2015 12:45 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 08-Dec-2015 13:31 | Giggs | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Apr-2016 10:18 | Comet123 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 16-Feb-2019 21:22 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 21-Feb-2021 11:30 | Jepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 12-Dec-2021 09:50 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 07-Jan-2024 13:25 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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