ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 145373
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| Date: | Friday 22 December 1944 |
| Time: | 21:10 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk XIX |
| Owner/operator: | 157 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | TA392 |
| MSN: | RS-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near RAF stn Swannington, Norfolk, England. -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Swannington, Norfolk |
| RAF Swannington |
Mosquito TA392/K: Took off at 16:25 hrs for intruder mission as bomber support. 22/12/1944
On return, called on R/T indicating seroius problem with ailerons.
While trying to land the Mosquito went out of control and crashed at 21:10 hrs near the base.
Crew:
F/Lt (102126) William TAYLOR (pilot) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1260853 Commission Gazetted : Friday 22 August, 1941)
F/O (172240) Jeffrey Neil EDWARDS (nav.) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1395254 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 04 April, 1944)
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.swannington-norfolk.co.uk/index-page6.html
3.ORB 157 Sqdn RAF
4. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 May 1943 | HJ931 | 157 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Bradwell Bay, Essex, England. | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-May-2012 07:06 | Nepa | Added |
| 28-Jun-2012 03:06 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source] |
| 28-Mar-2014 16:49 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Narrative] |
| 28-Mar-2014 16:57 | Nepa | Updated [Registration, Narrative] |
| 12-Jun-2014 13:38 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 09-Sep-2015 10:17 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Narrative] |
| 07-Apr-2016 07:41 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Apr-2019 17:25 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 12-Oct-2021 10:39 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 02-Aug-2022 09:44 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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