ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49224
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| Date: | Friday 2 February 1945 |
| Time: | 23:45 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 21 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PZ314 |
| MSN: | YH-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ophoven airfield, Opglabbeek, Limburg, 54 miles NE of Brussels -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Thorney Island, Hampshire |
Mosquito PZ314: Took off at 21:10hrs for Intruder mission over roads and railways lines N of Ruhr. 02/02/1945
The crew abandoned the aircraft and it crashed at Ophoven, 1½ km SW of Sittard at 23:45hrs. Crew perished.
Crew:
W/Cdr (19182) Ivor Gordon Easton DALE DFC (pilot) RAF - baled out /killed
F/O (143102) Kenneth Arthur HACKETT (nav.) RAFVR - baled out /killed
Sources:
1.http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1945%20sec_tcm5-7286.pdf
2.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
3.ORB 21 Sqdn RAF
4.https://www.cwgc.org.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 June 1944 | NS837 | 21 Sqn RAF | 1 | RAF stn Thorney Island, Hampshire, England |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 11-Nov-2009 03:43 | NePa | Updated |
| 23-Dec-2011 23:45 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Apr-2014 17:58 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2014 14:11 | INV | Updated [Narrative] |
| 12-Aug-2015 15:30 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 25-Sep-2015 15:34 | Angel dick one five | Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2018 09:53 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 12-Sep-2021 09:09 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 25-Jun-2022 01:27 | Ron Averes | Updated [Country] |
| 27-Sep-2023 12:11 | Corin | Updated [[Country]] |
| 04-Dec-2023 13:32 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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