ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144232
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| Date: | Friday 7 January 1944 |
| Time: | 22:45 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 109 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DZ435 |
| MSN: | HS-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Narborough, 6miles north-west of Swaffham, Norfolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
| RAF Marham |
Mosquito DZ435: Took off at 19:30 hrs for an operation against Hamburg. 07/01/1944
On return to base, collided with a tree and crashed nr crossroads at Narborough at 22:45 hrs.
Crew:-
P/O (Aus/402571) Charles Robert Gordon GRANT (pilot) RAAF - ok
F/O (Aus/403514) Keith Frederick HYNES (nav.) RAAF - ok
F/O Hynes was later killed on 18/19 October 1944, still with 109 Squadron. Mosquito MM178.
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2. ORB 109 Sqn RAF
3. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
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 |
| 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 |
| 27 December 1944 | ML961 | 109 Sqn RAF | 1 | Keent, 3km south of Weert, Limburg. | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Mar-2012 00:37 | Nepa | Added |
| 06-Mar-2012 00:55 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Sep-2014 05:04 | wilbur | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 22-Jun-2015 03:29 | angels one five | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Aug-2015 19:53 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Aug-2015 19:55 | King T. | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 18-Mar-2016 10:16 | Wilbur | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Sep-2018 10:15 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
| 25-Apr-2019 15:16 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 13-May-2019 20:33 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Operator] |
| 28-Aug-2021 09:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Oct-2021 18:31 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 22-Nov-2021 18:44 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 07-Jan-2024 07:50 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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