ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144410
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| Date: | Saturday 14 October 1944 |
| Time: | 02:50 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XX |
| Owner/operator: | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | KB162 |
| MSN: | XD-Y |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF stn Warboys, Cambridgeshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Warboys, Cambridgeshire |
Mosquito KB162/Y: Took off at 02:47 hrs for bombing mission. 14/10/1944
Lost power from the port engine and crashed two minutes later totally out of control from a height estimated by eye witnesses as 150 feet. The bomb load exploded on impact.
Crew:
F/Lt (113834) Norman TAYLOR DFM MID (pilot) RAFVR - killed (NCO:741688 Commission Gazetted : Wednesday 10 December, 1941)
F/O (134514) Walter Walton JACKSON (nav) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1177572 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 27 October, 1942)
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. ORB 139 Sqdn RAF
3. CWGC
4. http://www.156squadron.com/display_newpff_roll.asp?ID=139
5. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Mar-2012 12:57 | Nepa | Added |
| 22-Jul-2014 09:40 | Kraus | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 29-Sep-2014 16:20 | Shout | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 24-Aug-2015 15:29 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 01-Mar-2016 18:16 | Charlie Harper | Updated [Cn, Narrative] |
| 20-Jun-2019 14:49 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 30-Sep-2021 10:21 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 30-Sep-2021 11:01 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Narrative, Operator] |
| 07-Dec-2021 17:37 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 01-Aug-2022 06:51 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Aug-2022 22:54 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Aug-2022 19:52 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2023 17:09 | Nepa | Updated [[Source, Narrative]] |
| 20-Nov-2023 08:47 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source] |
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