ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71670
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| Date: | Sunday 21 May 1944 |
| Time: | 16:35 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 1655 MTU RAF |
| Registration: | DZ528 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Broughton, Huntingdonshire, England. -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Warboys, Huntingdonshire |
Mosquito DZ528: Took off at 16:31 hrs for trainin flight and climbed into clouds. 21/05/1944
Two minutes later the Mosquito emerged from the overcast, spinning, and crashed into the ground near Broughton where the aircraft burst into flames on inpact.
Crew:
F/Lt (39823) Stanley Charles HOLBROW (pilot) RAF - killed
F/O (159692) George Malcolm REA (nav.) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1136274 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 07 December, 1943)
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 1655 MTU RAF
3.CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Jan-2010 02:40 | NePa | Added |
| 12-Dec-2012 13:49 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Jun-2014 17:43 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 14-Jul-2014 18:23 | Route | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 13-Aug-2015 19:03 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 26-Apr-2019 07:09 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 29-Aug-2019 16:26 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 26-Feb-2020 14:35 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 16-Oct-2021 16:42 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 29-Jul-2022 19:53 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Aug-2022 10:07 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Aug-2022 07:40 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2023 12:03 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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