ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71074
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| Date: | Friday 27 October 1944 |
| Time: | 11:25 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 239 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DZ256 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Stapleford Woods, near Newark, Nottinghamshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF West Raynham, Norfolk |
| RAF Fulbeck, Lincolnshire |
Mosquito DZ256: Took off at 11:05 hrs. for practicing intercepts on a Lancaster. 27/10/1944
Pulled up into the Lanc's slipstream, stalling and spinning from 7,000 down to 1,500 feet. At this point it spun in the other direction and crashed at Stapleford Woods, near Newark at 11:25hrs.
Crew:
F/Lt (128.948) John Hubert ROBERTS (pilot) RAFVR - killed
Sgt (1817180) Albert Henry ASHCROFT (pass./Lanc. Flt. Engineer) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.Nightfighter Over Germany - Graham White, Pen & Sword Aviation
3.http://www.bcar.org.uk/1944.html
4.ORB 239 Sqdn RAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jan-2010 22:55 | NePa | Added |
| 16-Aug-2010 01:41 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Location, Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2011 12:57 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Jun-2014 15:11 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Sep-2014 07:23 | Anthony COX | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 29-May-2015 07:12 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 12-Jun-2015 05:04 | Iwosh | Updated [Nature, Destination airport, Source] |
| 19-Jun-2015 20:17 | Nino | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Sep-2015 07:48 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 05-May-2019 17:35 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 24-Oct-2021 17:49 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 22-May-2022 20:33 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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