ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71799
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| Date: | Tuesday 27 June 1944 |
| Time: | 17:40 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 1655 MTU RAF |
| Registration: | DZ550 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Chesterton Farm Benwick, Cambridgeshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Warboys, Huntingdonshire |
| RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire |
Mosquito DZ550: Took off at 14:48 hrs for a Cross Country exercise and to landed in RAF Wyton. 27/06/1944
At around 17:40 hrs dived and crashed into land at Chesterton Farm, Benwick, Cambridgeshire.
Crew:
F/O (126763) Walter Spruce DONOVAN DFM (pilot) RAFVR - killed (NCO:741694 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 18 August, 1942)
Sgt (1582033) Gordon ROYALL (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.ORB 1655 MTU RAF
3.CWGC
Images:
Mosquito Production list showing DZ550 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Jan-2010 00:15 | NePa | Added |
| 12-Dec-2012 13:54 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Jul-2013 08:55 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative] |
| 08-Jun-2014 14:28 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 08-Jun-2014 14:29 | Nepa | Updated [Destination airport] |
| 14-Jul-2014 18:25 | Scout | Updated [Narrative] |
| 14-Sep-2014 23:10 | Don Diego | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 15-Aug-2015 12:00 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 08-May-2019 17:05 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 28-Aug-2021 14:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities] |
| 15-Oct-2021 19:45 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 16-Oct-2021 16:34 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator] |
| 21-Feb-2022 08:34 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo] |
| 30-Jul-2022 06:33 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Aug-2022 10:05 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Aug-2022 07:29 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2023 23:42 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Operator] |
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