Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV DZ384,
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Date:Saturday 12 December 1942
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV
Owner/operator:139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF
Registration: DZ384
MSN: XD-?
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Cubitt's Farm, Norfolk, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Marham, Norfolk
Destination airport:RAF Marham
Narrative:
Mosquito DZ384: Took off for training flight. 12/12/1942 
When flying at 16,000' the pilot heard the sound of wood snapping, the tailplane failed and A/C crashed on Cubitt's Farm.
Crew: 
Sgt (655615) Frederick Alfred BUDDEN (pilot) RAF - injured 
F/O (120665) Douglas Martin BARNES (obs) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1392842 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 04 August, 1942)

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.Report No.: W1396
3.ORB 139 Sqdn RAF
4.Henk Welting's Database
5.CWGC
6.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
14 December 1942 DK336 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn Marham, Norfolk, England. min
20 December 1942 DZ387 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF 2 Between Meppen and Bokeloh, Ems, Niedersachsen. w/o
13 August 1943 DZ607 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF 2 North Sea off Norfolk coast, England w/o
18 August 1943 DZ465 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn Swanton Morley, Norfolk, England w/o
20 August 1943 DZ348 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF 2 near Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen. w/o
1 September 1943 DK337 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF 2 Missing - Nordrhein-Westfalen. w/o
15 September 1943 DZ598 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF 2 North Sea, north-east of Cromer, Norfolk, England w/o
Mid-air collision
17 September 1943 DZ428 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn Manston, Kent, England w/o
24 November 1943 DZ614 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF 1 Borkheide, 8 km north-east of Brück, Brandenburg. w/o
5 May 1944 DZ646 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF 2 near RAF stn Bourn, Cambridgeshire, England w/o
12 June 1944 DZ609 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF 2 east of Salzwedel, Sachsen-Anhalt. w/o
25 June 1944 KB329 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF 2 Flatow, Kremmen, Brandenburg. w/o
6 August 1944 KB118 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF 1 Wilhelmstraße street, Hünxe, Nordrhein-Westfalen. w/o
16 August 1944 KB206 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn Upwood, Huntingdonshire, England. min
11 September 1944 KB227 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF 2 Siedlung Schönwalde, Schönwalde-Glien, Brandenburg. w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
16-Sep-2022 20:53 Nepa Added [Operator]
12-Oct-2022 07:56 Anon. Updated [Source, Narrative]
19-Oct-2022 07:48 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]

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