ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 17646
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| Date: | Sunday 6 May 1945 |
| Time: | 00:10 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XX |
| Owner/operator: | PFNTU RAF |
| Registration: | KB233 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | railway line between Lydney and Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Warboys, Cambridgeshire |
Mosquito KB233 Took off for a night cross-country exercise to be conducted at high-level. 05/05/1945
Dived into ground at the railway line between Lydney and Gloucester at 00:10hrs. 06/05/1945
Mosquito was completely smashed, possibly due to loss of oxygen for the pilot.
Crew:
S/Ldr (41152) Walter Henry CORBET (pilot) RAF - killed (Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 04 October, 1938)
1/Lt. (N.5734) Per BREIVIK (nav.) RNoAF - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB PFNTU RAF
3.CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Apr-2008 12:07 | Nepa | Added |
| 22-Feb-2010 10:31 | NePa | Updated [Time, Operator, Narrative] |
| 29-Jan-2012 02:54 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Jul-2014 12:00 | Route | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 12-Oct-2014 10:03 | Quentin | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 24-Sep-2015 11:02 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 23-Oct-2019 16:15 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 13-Feb-2022 13:37 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 16-Nov-2023 16:58 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 03-Jan-2024 19:43 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
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