ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 122103
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| Date: | Thursday 24 February 1944 |
| Time: | 14:46 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 487 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LR343 |
| MSN: | EG-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 2m N of Nuthampstead Cambs.13miles N of RAF stn Hunsdon, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hunsdon, Hertfordshire |
Mosquito LR343/Z: Took off at 14:30 hrs for Night Flying Test (NFT). 24/02/1944
At 16:45 hrs. broke up in the air 2 miles north of Nuthampstead, Cambridgeshire.
The Court of Inquiry noted that this was the second Mosquito to disintegrate in mid-air within two days..
Crew:
P/O (NZ42446) Raymond George Cuthbert PAYNE (pilot) RNZAF - killed
F/O (NZ415341) John Dunch McMILLAN (nav.) RNZAF - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 487 Sqdn RAF
3.RAF Casualties-1942.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 March 1945 | NT123 | 487 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 2 | Øresund /Baltic sea |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-May-2011 09:05 | Nepa | Added |
| 14-Oct-2011 12:43 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2012 13:05 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport] |
| 03-Jan-2013 00:09 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Jan-2013 11:39 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 04-Jun-2014 10:06 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 18-Sep-2014 15:35 | Earl | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 07-May-2015 02:40 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 08-May-2015 18:26 | Angel dot comma | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 07-Aug-2015 12:58 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 07-Aug-2015 12:58 | Iwosh | Updated [Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2015 08:46 | Iwosh | Updated [Cn, Nature] |
| 07-Apr-2019 13:01 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Nov-2019 21:58 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 13-Nov-2021 16:13 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 13-Nov-2021 16:36 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
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