Unit: 571 Squadron
Aircraft:Mosquito
Code: ML976
Base: Oakington, Cambridgeshire
Mission: Berlin
Crew officer: Fl/O MADDOCKS, JACK
Incident: Landing crash
Location: (Prov. Vlaams Brabant)
Facts
Hit tree during attempted forced landing in fog B.58 Melsbroek returning from Berlin 14.1.1945
T/o 17:46 hrs. Attempted to land at Brussels/Melsbroek in dense fog, flew into a tree and crashed.