ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71345
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| Date: | Saturday 26 February 1944 |
| Time: | 01:30 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 1655 MTU RAF |
| Registration: | DZ312 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Stradsett, 6 miles of RAF stn Marham, Norfolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
| RAF Marham |
Mosquito DZ312: Took off at 23:00 hrs for night training flight /navex exercies. 25/02/1944.
Flew into ground out of cloud at night when descending to land at RAF Marham near Stradsett at 01:30hrs 26/02/1944
Crew:
F/O (NZ404965) Mervyn James TAYLOR (pilot) RNZAF - killed
F/O (148461) Geoffrey Wilson MANDER DFC (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.ORB 1655 MTU RAF
3.CWGC
4.Global Losses Database (Henk Welting) Database
Location
Images:
Mosquito Production list showing DZ312 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2010 23:28 | NePa | Added |
| 09-Feb-2012 13:46 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Jan-2013 00:21 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Narrative] |
| 21-Jan-2013 11:40 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location] |
| 01-Jun-2014 19:44 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 02-Sep-2014 13:59 | Koumes | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 07-Aug-2015 12:41 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 18-Mar-2019 19:04 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 28-Aug-2021 12:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source] |
| 01-Sep-2021 11:42 | TB | Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Sep-2021 10:50 | Anon. | Updated [Location] |
| 16-Oct-2021 17:41 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 18-Feb-2022 19:41 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo] |
| 29-Jul-2022 10:03 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
| 31-Jul-2022 18:13 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Aug-2022 12:36 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
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