ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49482
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| Date: | Wednesday 27 December 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XVI |
| Owner/operator: | 109 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ML961 |
| MSN: | HS-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Keent, 3km south of Weert, Limburg. -
 Netherlands
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Little Staughton, Bedfordshire |
Mosquito ML961: Took off at 13:00 hrs for an operation against Rheydt. 27/12/1944
Missing. Crashed at Keent (Limburg), a hamlet 3 km S of Weert, Holland.
Crew:
F/Lt (129945) William McKellar HODGSON DFC & AFM (pilot) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1381627 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 06 October, 1942)
F/O (168811) Alfred John CORK DFM (nav.) RAFVR - OK (NCO:1152931 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 25 January, 1944)
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 109 Sqdn RAF
3.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 April 1943 | DZ430 | 109 Sqn RAF | 2 | Hartford, near RAF stn Wyton, Cambridgeshire, England |  |
w/o |
| 31 August 1943 | DZ425 | 109 Sqn RAF | 0 | Little Friars, Thornes, 1 mile WNW of Swaffham, Norfolk, England | |
w/o |
| 22 October 1943 | DZ434 | 109 Sqn RAF | 1 | near Bourne, Lincolnshire, England | |
w/o |
| 9 November 1943 | DZ492 | 109 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Wyton, Huntingdonshire, England | |
w/o |
| 7 January 1944 | DZ435 | 109 Sqn RAF | 0 | near Narborough, 6miles north-west of Swaffham, Norfolk, England | |
w/o |
| 6 May 1944 | ML958 | 109 Sqn RAF | 2 | Herkenbosch - Melick, Limburg. | |
w/o |
| 18 June 1944 | ML900 | 109 Sqn RAF | 0 | St.Neots, near RAF stn Little Staughton, Huntingdonshire, England | |
w/o |
Images:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 16-Nov-2009 23:33 | NePa | Updated |
| 21-Nov-2009 10:57 | NePa | Updated |
| 01-May-2012 05:57 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 02-Jul-2014 14:01 | Shout | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Sep-2015 08:07 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Narrative] |
| 13-Dec-2015 16:07 | DB | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 08-Mar-2016 12:54 | pietrzak | Updated [Source, Photo, ] |
| 08-Mar-2016 12:54 | pietrzak | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 05-Sep-2018 19:07 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
| 29-Apr-2019 17:16 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 30-Oct-2019 15:33 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Embed code] |
| 30-Oct-2019 15:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Embed code] |
| 08-Sep-2021 10:47 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 15-Sep-2021 12:53 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 15-Sep-2021 12:54 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
| 23-Dec-2021 16:22 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 28-Dec-2021 09:19 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
| 06-Jan-2022 21:23 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 12-Mar-2022 08:23 | Tupie65 | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 17-Jun-2022 03:03 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 18-Jun-2022 17:48 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 02-Aug-2022 10:30 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Aug-2022 10:41 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Aug-2022 18:31 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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