Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IX LR496,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20382
 
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Date:Thursday 27 April 1944
Time:13:24
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IX
Owner/operator:105 Sqn RAF
Registration: LR496
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF stn Bourn, Cambridgeshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Bourn, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:RAF Bourn
Narrative:
Mosquito LR496: Took off for a Training flight /bombing exercise. 27/04/1944
Returned to Base from a exercise and upon landing the undercarriege colapsed.
Crew:
F/Lt (118557) Ernest Leonard David DRAKE (pilot) RAFVR: OK (Commission Gazetted : Friday 04 December, 1942)
F/O (120527) Charles Edward James COLVIN DFC (nav.) RAFVR: Ok (Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 18 August, 1942)

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.156squadron.com/display_newpff_roll.asp?ID=105
3.ORB 105 Sqn RAF
4.Global Losses Database (Henk Welting) Database
5.VBS Database
6.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
01-Jun-2008 11:08 Nepa Added
17-Feb-2010 02:39 NePa Updated [Operator, Narrative]
01-Mar-2012 00:21 Nepa Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
29-Jun-2014 20:40 MiG21 Updated [Aircraft type, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]
01-Oct-2014 16:33 Oezil Updated [Location, Narrative]
10-Aug-2015 11:54 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source]
12-Dec-2015 20:28 AlLach Updated [Source, Damage, Narrative]
09-Sep-2018 07:24 Nepa Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator]
13-Oct-2021 22:44 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
12-Oct-2022 10:43 Anon. Updated [Source, Narrative]

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