ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 165183
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| Date: | Friday 9 March 1945 |
| Time: | 22:10 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk 30 |
| Owner/operator: | 410 (Cougar) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MM787 |
| MSN: | RA-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Hotton, Luxembourg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.48 Amiens/Glisy |
Mosquito MM787/P: Took off at 21:25 hrs for Night patrol between Remagen and Bonn. 09/03/1945
Crew "Random 39" after takeoff was taken over by Nuthouse (the US MEW unit) at 21:25 hrs, east of Remagen. At 21:45 hrs an unidentified plot appeared F.8585 (about 20 miles northeast of Bonn), travelling 260 degrees, 6,000 feet, approx 220 mph. Random 39 was reduced to 6,000 feet and told he was ust crossing the front line. He made contact at 2 1/2 miles but lost it twice, regaining it each time with ground help. R/T traffic was thus almost continuous. At 22:03 hours, when on 210 degrees at 4,500 feet, he lost contact a third time, asked for help and was given 260 degrees. He acknowledged. At the same moment the blip, having continued on to 210 degrees, came up for one sweep rather brighter and longer on the tube, and then it disappeared at F.3424. As the tracing had been unbroken and the target continued plain, there can be no doubt that the fighter, whatever the reason, suddenly lost height and nothing more was heard of it at 22:10 hrs."
Mosquito MM787 missing after combat with E/A crashed at 22:10hrs near Hotton, Luxembourg.
Crew:
F/Lt (J/9239) Donald Touse STEELE (pilot) RCAF - killed
F/O (149125) Cecil HORNE (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 410 Sqdn RAF
3.CWGC
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 May 1944 | HK465 | 410 (Cougar) Sqn RCAF | 0 | RAF stn Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, England |  |
w/o |
| 28 June 1944 | HK465 | 410 (Cougar) Sqn RCAF | 0 | RAF stn Hurn, Dorset, England | |
min |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Apr-2014 14:26 | Nepa | Added |
| 19-Sep-2015 21:04 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 08-Dec-2015 12:42 | Faun | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Feb-2019 18:20 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 21-Feb-2021 11:16 | JEPA | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Operator] |
| 12-Dec-2021 11:43 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator] |
| 13-Nov-2022 00:14 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 14-Dec-2023 18:51 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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