ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20387
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| Date: | Thursday 20 January 1944 |
| Time: | 20:43 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 105 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DZ408 |
| MSN: | GB-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Waveland Farm, Grimston, 3 miles east of Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
Mosquito DZ408: Took off for Night mission over Berlin. 20/01/1944
After a bouncy take-off, the aircraft pitched and became uncontrollable. A nose high partial power descent was established at 1,800ft per minute and the aircraft was turned back to base on the rudder alone. Overhead of the field he ordered the navigator to jump but he became stuck in the hatch until assisted by a firm boot on the top of his head. Comar then jumped, noting the altimeter at 1,200ft and recalled nothing further until waking in hospital. The CO visited him in hospital and said: “I believe these are yours,” tossing some elevator counterweights on the bed, which had been found on the airfield shortly after Comar took off. Aircraft abandoned due to loss of control and crashed at Waveland Farm, Grimston at 20:43 hrs.
Crew:
S/Ldr (43026) John COMAR DFC (pilot) RAF - OK (Commission Gazetted : Friday 20 September, 1940)
P/O (131885) Eric JENKINS DFM (nav.) RAFVR - OK (NCO:994131 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 10 November, 1942)
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 105 Sqdn RAF
3.Report No.: W1750
4.CWGC
5.Henk Welting's Database
6.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 July 1942 | DK298 | 105 Sqn RAF | 2 | North Sea 28km west of Helgoland |  |
w/o |
| 8 December 1942 | DZ314 | 105 Sqn RAF | 0 | Waddenzee, 8 km north-east of Den Helder, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 24 March 1943 | DZ408 | 105 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Marham, Norfolk, England. | |
min |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2008 11:08 | Nepa | Added |
| 25-Mar-2010 07:40 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 15-Nov-2010 19:58 | angels one five | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2011 12:52 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Jul-2014 13:26 | Scout | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Aug-2014 19:28 | Victor | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Sep-2014 06:42 | Siczak | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 05-Aug-2015 07:21 | Nepa | Updated [Location] |
| 05-Aug-2015 07:23 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
| 12-Dec-2015 19:11 | Faun | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 09-Sep-2018 07:22 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 25-Apr-2019 15:19 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 28-Aug-2021 10:07 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Phase, Source] |
| 13-Oct-2021 22:40 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 22-Nov-2021 20:18 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 20-Jan-2022 09:22 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
| 30-Jun-2022 23:35 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 29-Jul-2022 10:17 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Jul-2022 10:07 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Aug-2022 17:19 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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