Date:	Thursday 18 November 1943
Time:	23:31
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV
Owner/operator:	105 Sqn RAF
Registration:	DZ489
MSN:	GB-B
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near RAF stn Marham, Norfolk, England. -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Marham, Norfolk
Destination airport:	RAF Marham

Narrative:
Mosquito DZ489/B: Took off at 20:27 hrs for a Bombing operation to Aachen. 18/11/1943
On return to base it overshot runway and crashed at 23:31 hrs.
Crew:
F/Lt (103005) Robert Beedlove CASTLE (pilot) RAFVR: Ok (NCO:912494 Commission Gazetted : Friday 05 September, 1941)
P/O (136040) Jack GRIFFITHS (obs.) RAFVR: Ok (NCO:1203926 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 12 January, 1943)

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.ORB 105 Sqdn RAF
3.CWGC
4.London Gazette
5.Global Losses Database (Henk Welting) Databas
6.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

1 June 1942	W4068	105 Sqn RAF	0	over Koln, North Rhine-Westphalia		w/o
5 November 1943	DZ587	105 Sqn RAF	2	Road Green Farm, Hempnall, 10 miles south of Norwich, England		w/o
23 November 1943	LR477	105 Sqn RAF	2	Contrakt Farm, Narborough, 5 miles NW of Swaffham, Norfolk, England		w/o

Mosquito Production list showing DZ489 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
31-May-2008 23:21	Nepa	Added
18-Feb-2010 20:59	NePa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative]
08-Nov-2011 02:06	Nepa	Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
09-Feb-2012 13:33	Nepa	Updated [Location, Destination airport]
07-Jul-2014 07:50	Pepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
04-Aug-2015 14:49	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location]
18-Nov-2015 10:04	Laurent Rizzotti	Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
14-Dec-2015 20:53	Nick Slaughter	Updated [Destination airport, Narrative]
03-May-2016 13:58	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative]
09-Sep-2018 08:23	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator]
22-Nov-2018 20:44	Laurent Rizzotti	Updated [Narrative]
17-Apr-2019 21:14	Nepa	Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator]
28-Aug-2021 09:46	TigerTimon	Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities]
13-Oct-2021 22:32	Nepa	Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator]
22-Oct-2021 22:52	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Operator]
18-Feb-2022 17:26	grapeshot418	Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo]
29-Jul-2022 06:02	Rob Davis	Updated [Source, Narrative]
30-Jul-2022 11:12	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
05-Aug-2022 12:51	Rob Davis	Updated [Source, Narrative]