ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 17784
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| Date: | Friday 12 January 1945 |
| Time: | 16:45 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XVI |
| Owner/operator: | 105 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MM226 |
| MSN: | GB-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF stn Bourn, Cambridgeshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bourn, Cambridgeshire |
Mosquito MM226: Taxi after perimeter for mission to Bochum. 12/01/1945
Swung to port and left main wheel dug into pile of half frozen snow causing undercarriage to collapse.
Crew:
F/O (NZ414967) John Louis De BEER DFC (pilot) RNZAF - OK
F/Lt (170795) Laurence TIERNY (nav.) RAFVR - Ok (NCO:1656893 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 02 May, 1944)
The aircraft was declared Cat E as a result of this accident. It was not repaired and on 6 Feb 45 SOC.
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2. ORB 105 Sqdn RAF entry for 12 Jan 45
3.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 June 1942 | W4071 | 105 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Horsham St.Faith, Norfolk, England | |
non |
| 15 August 1942 | DK309 | 105 Sqn RAF | 2 | Mariakerke, Ghent, East Flanders. |  |
w/o |
| 11 October 1942 | DK317 | 105 Sqn RAF | 2 | west of Hoek van Holland, Zuid-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 8 November 1942 | DK301 | 105 Sqn RAF | 0 | field at Abbey Farm near RAF stn Marham, Norfolk, England | |
w/o |
| 28 November 1942 | DZ369 | 105 Sqn RAF | 1 | RAF stn Molesworth, Northamptonshire, England. | |
w/o |
| 22 October 1943 | DZ591 | 105 Sqn RAF | 2 | Missing - North Sea |  |
w/o |
Images:
MM226 was not repaired and SOC three weeks later
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-May-2008 01:23 | Nepa | Added |
| 03-Dec-2009 10:17 | NePa | Updated |
| 03-Dec-2009 11:21 | NePa | Updated |
| 23-Dec-2011 10:11 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Mar-2012 00:06 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport] |
| 29-Aug-2013 02:50 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 30-Sep-2013 09:30 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 30-Sep-2013 12:44 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 26-Jul-2014 18:15 | wilbur | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 11-Sep-2015 06:47 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 09-Sep-2018 08:18 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 14-Oct-2021 16:46 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 06-May-2022 18:15 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Source, Damage, Narrative, Photo] |
| 05-Aug-2022 06:59 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Dec-2023 09:31 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Operator] |
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