ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 17468
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| Date: | Sunday 18 July 1943 |
| Time: | 15:00 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 1655 MTU RAF |
| Registration: | DZ495 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | The river side Ouse, near RAF stn Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
Mosquito DZ495: Took off for local training flight on low level. 18/07/1943
At around 15:00 hrs Mosquito DZ459 was 75 miles SW of the base. It was flying low along the valley of the River Ouse towards Harrold and must have just passed Turvey when, opposite Carlton Church, and at a height of roughly 45 feet, it struck the high tension electricity cables spanning the river. It crashed to ground in the riverside meadow 400 yds further on at the rivers bend and completely disintegrated,
Crew:
Capt. (N.1014) Olav Bakke STENE (pilot) RNoAF - killed
1/Lt. (N.1147) Kjell LØCHEN (obs) RNoAF - killed
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2. http://www.mackz.net/cm_turvey%20news.htm
3. ORB 1655 MTU RAF
Images:
Mosquito Production list showing DZ495 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Apr-2008 05:01 | Nepa | Added |
| 07-Jan-2010 09:58 | NePa | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 23-Jan-2010 00:36 | NePa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 25-Feb-2012 12:24 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Jul-2014 07:37 | Pepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 12-Oct-2014 10:38 | Thomas Fuk | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 28-Jul-2015 17:59 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 05-Nov-2015 07:54 | Thomas Fuk | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Mar-2019 10:16 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 27-Aug-2021 18:52 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities] |
| 04-Sep-2021 09:03 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 08-Dec-2021 18:46 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 13-Feb-2022 13:50 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 17-Feb-2022 17:06 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo] |
| 21-Jul-2022 21:04 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
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