ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 17772
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| Date: | Sunday 31 December 1944 |
| Time: | 21:30 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XVI |
| Owner/operator: | 105 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MM225 |
| MSN: | GB-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | RAF stn Manston, Kent, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bourn, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Manston, Kent |
Mosquito MM225/V: Took off 17:39hrs for mission over Mannheim. 31/12/1944
Hit by flak and subseguently wrecked at 21:30 hrs while forced landing at RAF Manston, Kent.
Crew:-
F/Lt (123839) Gabriel DONALD (pilot) RAFVR - OK (NCO:1365029 Commission Gazetted : Friday 10 July, 1942)
F/O (159930) Frank Taylor WATSON DFM (nav.) RAFVR - OK (NCO:1149762 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 07 December, 1943)
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. ORB 15 Sqdn RAF
3. CWGC
4. http://www.156squadron.com/display_newpff_roll.asp?ID=105
5. https://www.manstonhistory.org.uk/timeline/
6. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 July 1942 | DK303 | 105 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Horsham St.Faith, Norfolk, England | |
min |
| 29 August 1942 | DK303 | 105 Sqn RAF | 1 | English Channel, 9 miles off Dungeness, Kent, England | |
w/o |
| 7 November 1942 | DK328 | 105 Sqn RAF | 0 | beach near the Gironde estuary; Nouvelle-Aquitaine. |  |
w/o |
| 26 February 1943 | DZ365 | 105 Sqn RAF | 2 | Launais, 1 km SE of Moigné, Le Rheu, Ille-et-Vilaine département. | |
w/o |
| 15 December 1944 | ML919 | 105 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Bourn, Cambridgeshire, England | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-May-2008 21:04 | Nepa | Added |
| 12-May-2008 23:33 | Nepa | Updated |
| 18-Feb-2010 11:39 | NePa | Updated [Time, Operator, Total occupants, Narrative] |
| 01-Mar-2012 00:09 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jul-2014 16:32 | Juan P.Paco | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 09-Sep-2015 08:57 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Sep-2015 18:50 | INV | Updated [Narrative] |
| 09-Sep-2018 08:17 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
| 08-May-2019 15:42 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Phase, Operator] |
| 15-Oct-2021 10:02 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 11-Jan-2022 20:28 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 02-Aug-2022 10:34 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Aug-2022 11:46 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Aug-2022 18:31 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Nov-2023 16:53 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 20-Nov-2023 09:08 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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