ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 17771
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| Date: | Friday 22 December 1944 |
| Time: | 21:30 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | 105 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ML911 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near RAF stn Bourn, Cambridgeshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bourn, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Bourn |
Mosquito ML911: Took off at 16:59 hrs for a Bombing mission over Koblenz. 22/12/1944
On return to base in very marginal weather condition, Pilot carried out an SBA approach, failed to see a beacom mast and crash landed at 21:30 hrs near the Base.
Crew:-
F/Lt (101521) Thomas George JEFFERSON AFC (pilot) RAFVR - OK (NCO:101521 Commission Gazetted : Friday 15 August, 1941)
F/O (158593) Kenneth James GORDON DFC (nav.) RAFVR - OK (NCO:747712 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 16 November, 1943)
W/Cdr Jefferson relinquished his commission as Squadron Leader, Gazette of 28th July 1959.
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. ORB 105 Sqdn RAF
3. Global Losses Database
4. Henk Welting Database
5. CWGC
6. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-May-2008 21:04 | Nepa | Added |
| 18-Feb-2010 11:39 | NePa | Updated [Time, Operator, Narrative] |
| 24-Dec-2011 14:04 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Mar-2012 00:14 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport] |
| 12-Jun-2014 13:36 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 02-Jul-2014 13:26 | Shout | Updated [Narrative] |
| 09-Sep-2015 10:15 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Damage, Narrative] |
| 09-Sep-2018 08:17 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 29-Apr-2019 17:26 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 14-Oct-2021 20:49 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 02-Aug-2022 09:44 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Aug-2022 12:31 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Aug-2022 18:28 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Dec-2023 07:47 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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